Zambia | November 25, 2025 – Across Zambia, from the bustling capital to provincial hubs, prosecutors of the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) were cloaked not in their traditional black, but in a blaze of orange.

This is no casual dress code. It is a uniform of intent.

The colour orange, in the global campaign for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, carries two powerful meanings. It is the colour of fire – a warning flare against the darkness of abuse, a signal of urgent, unignorable action. It refuses to let us look away from the shadows where violence thrives.

Yet, it is also the colour of dawn representing hope, light, and a brighter, safer future we are building together. It is a visible, public pledge of a world where women and girls can live without fear.

This year, that pledge confronts a new frontier, the digital realm. Under the theme “UNITE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls,” the NPA’s commitment is being tested in entirely new ways. The evidence is now a pixelated threat, the crime scene, a social media feed.

When our prosecutors wear orange, they are embodying this dual role. As the fire, they are the relentless pursuit of justice against perpetrators who use technology as a weapon. As the “dawn,” they are the promise of protection and accountability for victims, ensuring that the law evolves as swiftly as the methods of abuse.

These photos from your prosecutors across Zambia are more than moments, they are a movement. They are a nationwide declaration that every cyber-harassment case will be prosecuted to its fullest extent, every instance of sextortion will face the full force of the law, and every digital space made safer through the application of justice.

And with these images, this year’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence has been officially launched.