Minister of Women and Youth Affairs, Sithembiso Nyoni has urged men to take part in the 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). She said that men are increasingly becoming victims of sexual abuse.
While addressing various stakeholders at the launch of the Gender-Based Violence Portal in Harare on Thursday, Minister Nyoni had this to say
I am appealing to the nation to make use of the portal to support and report on gender-based violence cases and to use the platform to contribute ideas to mitigating this scourge which is now spilling over from men to men rather than men to women.
I am sure you saw the news item of this young man who was sexually abused, gang-raped by five men, I think this has to stop because we can’t afford to destroy our nation. We need to protect both the girls and boys because violence leaves emotional scars for life.