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Gender Based Violence in Namibia
One of the greatest commanded in the Bible found in the New Testament in the book of Matthew is that we must love our neighbor as ourselves, and our neighbor doesn't have to be the person next to where you live, but people in your community, people around you. It is so sad to see what's happening in our community these days and talking from what I read around, watch on TV and things I see with my own eyes, I am talking about violence in Namibia, Gender-based violence.

Instead of loving one another, we hurt one another, we kill our friends, girlfriends, dads, moms and the list of victims goes on. According to Mr. Michael Conteh, a researcher with reference from the article found in the news paper “The Namibian” dated September 12, 2012, he said that the most common causes of gender violence in Namibia include failed love relationships, alcohol and drug abuse, unemployment, low self-esteem and aggression. He also indicated that the core causes of such violence include low levels of empowerment among women and children due to a lack of economic independence and emotional reliance upon abusers, who are mostly men.

The number of this kind of violence, GBV, is increasing at very high rate and men seems to find this as the only way out of a relationship and this is alarming Namibian citizens. I have heard of stories recently about a boyfriend, whose name I am afraid to mention, who killed his girlfriend for ending their relationship after having spend more than fifty thousand on her in nine months.

Reference 1. Matthew 22:39 New English Translation 2. Conteh, M. (2012, September 29). Gender Based Violence in Namibia. The Namibian. Retrieved from http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2012/september/article/outpatient-wards-resemble-slaughterhouses/