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In the area of women's rights, Namibia has seen much progress especially when it comes to its first national action plan on women, peace and security, which is to run from 2019 to 2024.
By Eoin McSweeney, CNN Updated 1:35 PM ET, Mon October 19, 2020 Protesters hold placards during the second day of the #ShutItDown Protests, in Windhoek's Central Business District, on October 9, 2020. (CNN)Protesters in Namibia campaigning against sexual and gender-based violence are calling for a state of emergency to be declared across the country, while pledging to renew their Shut It All Down campaign of disruption if authorities do not act. The protests, planned online in response to news of another attack, left some commercial areas of the southern African nation, including the centra...