![#ShutItDown: Ongoing Namibian Protests Call for End to Gender-Based Violence](https://www.okayafrica.com/media-library/a-protester-holds-a-placard-during-the-second-day-of-the-shutitdown-protests-where-hundreds-of-namibian-youth-protested-agains.jpg?id=24506715&width=1200&height=800&quality=85&coordinates=0%2C0%2C0%2C0)
A protester holds a placard during the second day of the #ShutItDown Protests, where hundreds of Namibian youth protested against gender-based violence by shutting down Windhoeks Central Business District, in Windhoek, Namibia, on October 9, 2020
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