NGO Launches Anti-Violence Campaign
Women's Action for Development (WAD) has launched the Men's Action against Violence (MAAV), a countrywide programme aimed at addressing male violence against women and children in Windhoek, Namibia.
WAD executive director, Veronica de Klerk, says that the increasing number of violent acts against women and girls, “Need to be addressed from another angle namely by educating and sensitising men and boys about this social evil".
De Klerk states that WAD's involvement on the ground with communities during the past has revealed that many men believe violence against women is mainly an expression of anger and frustration as a consequence of their bloated egos, their frustrations due to unemployment or the fact that they have witnessed brutal physical violation and disrespect towards their mothers by their fathers as young boys.
To read the article titled, “WAD plans to curb plague of violence,” click here.
WAD executive director, Veronica de Klerk, says that the increasing number of violent acts against women and girls, “Need to be addressed from another angle namely by educating and sensitising men and boys about this social evil".
De Klerk states that WAD's involvement on the ground with communities during the past has revealed that many men believe violence against women is mainly an expression of anger and frustration as a consequence of their bloated egos, their frustrations due to unemployment or the fact that they have witnessed brutal physical violation and disrespect towards their mothers by their fathers as young boys.
To read the article titled, “WAD plans to curb plague of violence,” click here.
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