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GBV costs Lesotho M1.6bn per year: Majara

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is costing Lesotho an estimated M1.6 billion per year due to absenteeism from work, school or...

Gender Links to share GBV study report

Non-governmental organisation, Gender Links, will today share preliminary insights from the ongoing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Indicators Study in Lesotho, as the country commemorates International Women’s...

Rotary Club seek funds to renovate GBV safe house

Rotary Club is set to host a charity gala dinner on February 28, aimed at raising funds to renovate a shelter for...

Marriage dissolved due to gender-based violence

The Matala Local Court has dissolved a marriage after a woman sought divorce on the grounds of sustained physical...

EU condemns high prevalence of violence

The European Union (EU) has expressed deep concern over the high prevalence of gender-based and domestic violence in Lesotho. To this end, the organisation...

Lesotho to launch 16 Days of activism against GBV campaign

The Ministry of Gender, Youth, and Social Development will launch the 2025 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) on November...

UN takes stock on anti-GBV fight progress

The United Nations in Lesotho and the UN Development Coordination Office (DCO) Africa will host a sub-regional gender-based violence (GBV) stock-take dialogue tomorrow. The meeting will bring together resident coordinators...

Parliamentarians take stand against GBV

Lesotho parliamentary women’s caucus today held a meeting on prevention of violence and the oversight role of Parliament. The symposium was attended...

Shelter services expand across Lesotho

Shelter services for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) are expanding across Lesotho, as part of efforts to tackle ongoing...

Breaking the silence on disability and GBV

Women and girls with disabilities in Lesotho face unique and compounded challenges that significantly increase their vulnerability to gender-based...

Motete child ‘brides’ in crosshairs of abuse

In the isolated community of Motete in Botha Bothe, girls’ dreams of education and self-sufficiency are being shattered by...

Foundation empowers GBV, bullying victims

Determined not be held back by her experience with bullying back in high school, Makhala Thekiso from Peka brushed...