Using Data to Expose Systemic Gender-Based Violence — in 10 Steps

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Using Data to Expose Systemic Gender-Based Violence — in 10 Steps

It started with a grieving mother’s story. Near the town of Matsapha in central Eswatini, the small southern African kingdom formerly known as Swaziland, Zodwa Nkambule’s daughter was attacked and raped so violently that she had been left unable to walk and required frequent hospital visits, and later died. The man accused of the crime was arrested, but then released, and died without facing charges. “Our investigation reveals a series of gaps w…