Gender based violence – Prime Pointers

UN, EU, others decry electoral Gender-based violence against women

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 admin

As the obnoxious dust raised during the last election has refused to settle, the United Nations and the European Union (EU), on Monday, condemned gender-based violence against women during elections.Ms Beatrice Eyong, the UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said violence against women in elections had been recognised as one of the key obstacles to advancing women’s participation in public life.“Violent acts committed towards women are gender-based and they tend to discourage women from being politically active.“It is often used to intimidate women from practising their political rights…

60 community leaders, teachers, trained on tackling gender based violence

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 admin

As societies around the country and the world at large go through the never-seen-before ugly experiences that have left lives and our communities shattered, a non-governmental organisation, under the auspices of TechSah Initiative, has trained no fewer than 60 community leaders and teachers on ways to combat sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in schools and communities, one of the most critical challenges of the growing population. Founder and Project Director of the organisation, Chinedu Gbulie, said the workshop was a platform where community leaders were trained on what SGBV…