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By Linda Mupemo Picture by Dreams Time Milenge District in Luapula Province has recorded an increase in the number of men reporting Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) cases to law enforcement agencies.     Milenge District One Stop Centre Coordinator Esnart Zgambo disclosed that 24 men reported their partners to the centre for SGBV related cases in July, 2022.    ZANIS reports that Ms. Zgambo said this during the Milenge One Stop Centre Stakeholders meeting which was held at Milenge Resource Centre.   Ms. Zgambo stated that the One Stop Centre recorded a total of 56 SGBV cases in the period under review adding that 32 women were reported to the centre in the same period.      "This is a positive with regards to men opening up on abuse from their partners. The turn out from men used to be low previously. But with more sensitisation, more men are beginning to seek help on SGBV,” she said.      Ms. Zgambo, ...

 By Linda Mupemo Rosemary Mukosha Rosemary Mukosha walks to her reed barn while balancing on two crutches. She keenly watches her farm worker as he empties a 50 kilogram bag of maize into the barn, filling it to the brim.  Relief is written all over her face. For the coming months, her family does not have to worry about buying mealie meal.  Rosemary is one of the 9,409 beneficiaries of the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme which government has been implementing in Milenge district in Luapula Province since 2012.  A severe infection led to her left leg being amputated. Her condition qualified her to be selected as a beneficiary of the social protection programme under the physically challenged persons category.  The 30-year-old resident of Lunga village in Mikula Ward says she has been receiving financial aid from the Ministry of Community Development and Social Services since 2017.  Ms. Mukosha reveals that sh...