MORE MEN REPORT SPOUSAL ABUSE THAN WOMEN -NDO

EZULWINI – Although men are known to be perpetrators of violence, new data suggests that they are also desperate for help.

This was an assertion made by the Transition Mental Health and Psycho Social Wellness organisation. The organisation, which has a number one can call when they are in distress, revealed that they received about 15 calls daily from people who needed help and a majority of these were men.

Out of these calls received, 10 were said to be from men who needed assistance. The organisation revealed that most of these men were abused by their wives mentally and financially.

The organisation’s Director, Clinical Psychologist Ndo Mdlalose, said men were most desperate for help and in most cases, felt useless, something that triggered violence against their spouses.

Mdlalose was speaking during their ‘Akume Campaign’ launch at Royal Villas yesterday. 
She said they were launching the campaign following the disturbing reports of violence in the country.

National Commissioner of Police Isaac Magagula stated that there were 1 046 rape cases reported in 17 months, which was from January 2017 up until May this year.

The commissioner said 61 women were raped at least every month in the Kingdom of Eswatini.
According to Mdlalose, as an organisation, they were saying rape and killing should stop.

Violence

She also said they were emphasising that violence in general should come to an end in the country, be it financial, mental or physical.
Mdlalose said Eswatini was confronted with cases on a daily basis which were reported in the media of brutal killings, rape, suicides and other tragic things which were happening in the society.

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