10,241 DBV cases recorded in the last quarter of 2022

Police deputy spokesperson, Danny Mwale

The Zambia Police Service has disclosed that it recorded 10,241 cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) countrywide during the fourth quarter of 2022.

And Police recorded 690 cases of GBV countrywide during the 16 days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence in 2022.

Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale says during the same period in 2021, Police recorded 7,920 cases showing an increase by 2,321 in GBV cases.

Mwale says the 2022 fourth quarter GBV disaggregated data indicate that 2, 258 child victims were abused countrywide.

He said out of the 2,258 children, 1,636 were girls while 622 were boys.

In the criminal case category in terms of prevalence, Lusaka Province recorded the highest GBV cases totaling to 1,884 followed by Copperbelt Province with 948, Northern Province recorded 777 cases while Southern is second least with 431 cases.