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PREVALENCE AND FIGHT AGAINST GBV IN ZAMBIA: INFORMATION BRIEF

Violence against women (VAW) has been on the rise in Zambia in the past years. The root causes of
VAW in Zambia can largely be narrowed down to gender inequality for women and associated violent,
harmful and controlling aspects of masculinities that are the result of patriarchal power imbalances.
This imbalance, it is argued, has led to pervasive cultural stereotypes and attitudes that perpetuate
the cycle of violence.