Tag: Gender-Based Violence
Lagos Assembly holds public hearing on GBV Bill
Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday held a one-day Public Hearing on Gender-Based Violence bill.
CSOs seek religious, traditional support for sexual violence survivors
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have urged traditional and religious bodies to create support systems for survivors of Sexual and…
Edo NUJ, NHRC partner against gender-based violence
The Edo State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has expressed deep concern and worries over the rising cases…
Aisha Buhari seeks funding to fight Gender-Based Violence
Aisha Buhari has called for adequate funding and harmonisation of existing laws to incorporate emerging issues in the fight against…
Kwara First Lady pledges to fight gender-based violence
Mrs Olufolake Abdulrazaq, Wife of Kwara Governor, has pledged to evolve ways to positively engage girls and young women on…
Gender-based violence: NGO urges continuous national discourse
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), known as “Protect the Precious,” has called on relevant government agencies, corporate bodies and civil society…
Banky W pledges support for campaign against gender-based violence
Nigerian singer, Banky W has joined the campaign to raise awareness against gender-based violence.
Gender-based violence: Nepal holds National-level meeting
A three-day meeting at the National level on “Multi-Sectoral Services to Respond to Gender-Based Violence in Nepal’’ kicked off in…
South Africans protest against growing gender-based violence
Thousands of South Africans went to the streets across the country on Wednesday in protest against growing gender-based violence.
Gender-based violence: Zambia partners with regional body
Zambia has partnered with a regional organization in training nationals on the prevention of gender-based violence, a senior official said…
Employers To Address Gender-Based Violence In Workplace
Tolerating violence against women in the workplace will have a huge cost to employers, the UN Entity for Gender Equality…
Lagos launches 16-day fight against sexual, gender-based violence
The Lagos Government through the State’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) is partnering with Access Bank to commemorate…
Academics call for strong legislations against gender-based violence
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, has called for strong legislations to curb the menace of violence against…
U.S., Soyinka, Obasa, Bakare decry gender-based violence
Kazeem Ugbodaga The acting United States Consul General, Dehab Ghebreab, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Speaker, Lagos State House of…
ADDRESSING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
BILKIS BAKARE Despite national and international outcry against gender-based violence, the crime still continues and is even attaining a worrisome…