Source: The Standard
A recent report: Baseline Study Report on the perceptions of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe by Medicines Sans Frontiers and the University of Zimbabwe, says lack of transparency and gaps within the judiciary system allows perpetrators to escape retribution.

The report says most cases are often postponed and many survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) end up withdrawing their cases from courts, opting for out-of-court settlement.

It added that the judicial system should be closely monitored and corruption within the police should be eradicated.

The report recommended that the courts, both civil and criminal, should be further decentralised to various provinces and districts so that more cases can be tried and perpetrators are brought to justice.

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