According to recent statistics, one in every five young girls is sexually abused as a child while 33 per cent of women has been beaten, coerced into sex or abused – most often by someone they know. With a view to strengthening regional cooperation in addressing gender-based violence from a criminal justice perspective, a two-day regional gender-based workshop was recently organized by UNODC and the Southern Africa Development Community.
UNODC continues to combat gender-based violence, meets SADC to strengthen cooperation on criminal justice
