In addition to the various legal and policy instruments, campaigns have also been initiated to raise awareness on GBV and VAW. On 1 November 2014, the country launched the National Campaign against Rape and Sexual Abuse of Children. However, the baseline survey noted that GBV and VAW campaigns do not reach the majority of the population. Only 10 percent of the 6,000 women and men interviewed in the first GBV Baseline study knew about the 16 days of Activism Campaign. 1.3. Conclusion In Zimbabwe there are laws that protect society against family violence and abuse, rape, sexual assault and other gender-based violence, but these laws are meaningless without effective, fearless and sustained implementation by the police, prosecutors and the courts against any and every perpetrator. There is need for victims of gender-based violence to speak out and seek justice to reduce the incidences. Gender–based violence is a violation of human rights and should be condemned in the home and in society at large.