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SASA Program Successfully Reduces Gender Based Violence in Mzimba South with Support from KFW through Norwegian Church Aid and Danish Church Aid
Lowele described the changes that have occurred in their family since SASA's intervention.
Malawi: For many years, many people in Mzimba's Traditional Authority Khosolo were unaware that wife/husband battering and husbands denying women the right to join savings and loan associations were forms of gender-based violence, writes Blessings Gondwe.
Lowele described the changes that have occurred in their family since SASA's intervention.
Mvula also spoke about the changes in their family.
Chikondi Chisale, a Community Leader in Kanjuchi area, said that through the SASA program, they are working tirelessly to reach as many people as possible with messages of unveiling gender-based violence for the continued transformation of the area.
The reduction of Gender-Based Violence in the Kanjuchi area within a short period is seen through the fact that the figures of registered GBV cases at the nearby Mkoma Health Centre have dropped.
Mkoma Health Centre Medical Assistant Charles Moyenda reported that the facility registered 33 cases of GBV (injuries resulting from wife battering) between April to October 2021, while only 11 cases have been registered between April to October 2022.
He attributes the drop in GBV cases to the interventions that the SASA program has introduced in the Kanjuchi area.
The program is a component of the N'zatonse program, which is being supported by KFW through Norwegian Church Aid and Danish Church Aid.