Lusaka - Zambia: The Zambia National Men's Network for Gender and Development has lauded Chief Hamusonde of Monze for his recent declaration that dowry
STOP SELLING SECOND-HAND UNDERWEAR! Pile of underwear ready for the laundry.
A NON-PROFIT organisation in Zambia has called for a ban on the importation and sale of second-hand underwear.
The organisation said the popular clothing items are a health hazard.
National co-ordinator of Zambia National Men’s Network for Gender and Development, Nelson Banda, said despite being banned in 2017, officials never implemented it.
Banda said the importation and sale of the items goes on relentlessly, especially in the capital Lusaka.
According to the BBC, Banda said the second-hand underwear items had the potential to transmit diseases such as typhus and STIs.
The Zambia National Men’s Network for Gender and Development (ZNMNGD) has bemoaned the increasing number of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases involving assault and murder despite recently commemorating the 16 days of gender activism.
ZNMNGD National Coordinator Nelson Banda said the recent case involving the Chitambo College of Nursing students calls for people’s input to curb such cases.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS, Mr. Banda said the growing number of GBV cases is fast evolving into a national crisis that must be quickly addressed.
“Just when we were coming from the commemoration of the 16 days of gender activism then such a case happens. This is an indication that we need to take the fight against GBV seriously by putting more effort in sensitizing the public,” he said.