Tuesday, 13 December 2011

Young women call for increase in resource allocation to VFUs


Young women in Bulawayo have called for the increase of manpower and allocation of more resources to the Victim Friendly Units (VFU) of all police stations, as a way of facilitating easier reporting of cases of gender-based violence.
Speaking at a young women’s round table meeting to commemorate 16 days of activism against gender based violence, the young women said that although the introduction of the VFUs by government was a noble idea, a lot still needed to be done, particularly with regards to channelling more resources to the unit to make it more efficient.