Zimbabwean authorities have promised that police will treat women with respect, saying each police station has a female-led unit to record allegations. "We live in a society that blames the victim especially when it comes to the issue of sexual violence," said Talent Jumo, director of Katswe-Sistahood, a Harare sexual rights clinic. Zimbabwean authorities have promised that police will treat women with respect, saying each police station has a female-led unit to record allegations. "Political and sexual violence is unjust," the US embassy said in a statement. The rape victim who spoke to AFP said she was hoping to soon receive some medical care.

Source: Daily Nation January 31, 2019 17:15 UTC