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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>About one in three women in Lesotho has suffered physical or sexual violence \u2014 similar to the global prevalence rate \u2014 and analysts calculate that this costs the country more than $113m a year<\/p>\n

Countries could save billions of dollars a year by tackling the \u201cdisgusting pandemic\u201d of domestic violence, the Commonwealth secretary-general has said as economists estimate the scourge costs the kingdom of Lesotho 5.5% of GDP.<\/p>\n

Patricia Scotland said domestic violence burdens health, police and judicial services, leads to absenteeism at work and school, and permanently damages children who witness it, affecting future generations.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Lesotho<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Lesotho. About one in three women in Lesotho has suffered physical or sexual violence \u2014 similar to the global prevalence rate \u2014 and analysts calculate that this costs the country more than $113m a year Countries could save billions of dollars a year by tackling the \u201cdisgusting pandemic\u201d of domestic violence, the Commonwealth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,246,245,261],"class_list":["post-30098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-lesotho","tag-lesotho","tag-women"],"yoast_head":"\nThe high cost of gender-based violence laid bare in Lesotho - Lesotho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"About one in three women in Lesotho has suffered physical or sexual violence \u2014 similar to the global prevalence rate \u2014 a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The high cost of gender-based violence laid bare in Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"About one in three women in Lesotho has suffered physical or sexual violence \u2014 similar to the global prevalence rate \u2014 a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lesotho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-15T12:43:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-15T13:05:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1686817940.215685.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"The high cost of gender-based violence laid bare in Lesotho\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-15T12:43:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-15T13:05:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho\"},\"wordCount\":115,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/sites\/62\/2023\/06\/sm_1686817940.215685.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Lesotho\",\"Lesotho\",\"Women\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/the-high-cost-of-gender-based-violence-laid-bare-in-lesotho\",\"name\":\"The high cost of gender-based violence laid bare in Lesotho - 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