Socio-economic factors have contributed to an increase in crime
Almost 1 000 women were killed by their intimate partners over the past 12 years, but the government achieved just one in five of its targets to fight gender-based violence and femicide
So far, the government has merely passed the buck and failed dismally to create any coordinated response to the issue.
The gender commission is unsure whether a governing body exists for the multi-billion National Strategic Plan on Gender-based Violence and Femicide