Youth unemployment, gender-based violence, fertilizer shortages, and difficulties accessing credit are challenges facing young people and women in Matongo, Butanyerera province. Despite these obstacles, affected populations are engaging with elected officials to address their needs.

470 ‘honour’ killings reported in Pakistan last year: HRCP New Delhi, May 06:  At least 470 cases of so-called “honour” killings were reported in Pakistan last year, according to a report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, which described the crime as an “endemic problem” amid rising gender-based violence. The report said women were killed by family members and close relatives in the name of “honour”. Human rights activists, however, estimate that nearly 1,000 women are murdered annually in such crimes.