MASERU — At least 205 women were reported to have been subjected to sexual violence in 2025, this is according to Child and Gender Protection Unit (CGPU) reports recorded between January and August alone.
The unit under Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) has further reported that many of these women suffered violence at the hands of their partners.
In addition, the 2023-2024 Health Survey further attested that of the 41.8 percent women who suffered abuse and violence at the time, were also women most of whom experienced it in the hands of their intimate partners.
These reports include women and girls between the ages of 15 and 59 with a larger scale of saviours reported to be suffering in silence.
Therefore, LMPS through CGPU has strongly called women and other victims of abuse in its different forms to report acts of abuse so that their lives can be protected while perpetrators are brought before the law.
In the same note, the UN Resident Coordinator, Ms. Amanda Khozi Mukwashi reiterated that the UN family is supporting Lesotho in its various activities meant to tackle abuse in different forms.
She alluded that these statistics are an indication that more work has to be done not only in terms of sensitisation but also in bringing male counterparts on board so as to understand the extent of the problem.
Meanwhile, the Agency has established that Boiketlo Multipurpose Centre for Gender Based Violence (GBV) meant to provide a safe place for victims and saviours to heal and recover has recently been opened.
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