Government and the European Union is tomorrow expected to sign a EUR 25 million financing agreement for new sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) prevention and support Programme to survivors in the Luapula and Northern Provinces.
Minister of Gender, Victoria Kalima will grace the signing ceremony by Secretary to the Treasury, Fredson Yamba in his capacity as authorizing officer of the European Development Fund and the Ambassador of the European Union to Zambia Alssandro Mariani.
The overall objective of the Programme is to reduce sexual and gender based violence through the Anti-Gender Based Violence Act no 1 of 2011, the Gender Equity and Equality Act no.22 of 2015 and the National Strategy on Ending Child Marriage of 2016-2021.
The Programme will also support government with its institutional and policy framework related to SGBV and with the multi-sectoral coordination of SGBV prevention and response.
The EUR 25 million Programme will be implemented through grants to partners selected through a call for proposals and direct wards to Lifeline or ChildLine and BBC Media Action.
This is according to a statement made available to ZANIS today.
Yes, we are tired of the word LOAN in Zambia. Let’s call them FINANCING AGREEMENT
Styupid PF, now they have to tell poor villagers to beat up their wives so they have numbers to much EUR25 million.
$5,000 per family fight = 5,000 fights. These AGREEMENT!???
Ba Edgar was saying ‘prudent” spending.
This funding is meant to put most of our men in prisons and thereby ensure that the households are still poor by taking away men. Can you Not see it? The men will be sent to prisons on pretext of gender based violence.
At last more money in some pockets…..no matter where it comes from.
Everything is loan for these dumb bells…yet they are buying Firetrucks for 1 million dollars!!
Kaloba all the way…uwakalema taleka!
PF has sold Zambia; for sure; the earlier we kick out PF the better;