Zambia in southern Africa has some of the highest rates of reported gender-based violence in the world.
Karen Creed and cameraman Brian Walsh travelled there, supported by the Simon Cumbers Media Fund, to look at the impact of this violence on women and girls and what efforts are being made to prevent it.
It was only 17 months ago that a ban against child marriage was introduced in Zambia.
Up until then, it meant that once a girl reached puberty she could be married.
As well as robbing them of their childhoods, it is unimaginable the harm this has caused.
It now being illegal is a significant step forward, but domestic and sexual violence remain a big…