The Country Representative of the UNFPA, Ulla Mueller, said this Thursday at a two-day stakeholders validation workshop of the forensic capacity assessment in Yola, the capital city.
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Bagudu made the call while speaking at the unveiling of a training programme for healthcare providers in the state on appropriate care and support for GBV survivors.
Osun State Command while celebrating this year children’s day
Already, the state government has sealed off the college following the gruesome death of Oromomi, who was a boarding student of the college.
Bello also said that efforts would continue to be intensified in collaboration with stakeholders to end all forms of GBV in the state.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, made the call at the launch of State of the World Population (SWOP 2021) report with the theme: “My Body Is My Own: Claiming the Right to Autonomy and Self Determination,” on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Rita Ayim, said this on Friday in Calabar at the end of a four-day training of relevant agencies and Civil Society Organisation on the management of GBV.
Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Yahaya Kanoma, made the declaration in Gusau on Wednesday while giving update on the health status of the schoolgirls abducted last Friday.
Abubakar III made the call at the end of a four-day training of 160 community defenders against Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Harmful Practices (HP) organized by the Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development, an NGO, on Tuesday, in Sokoto.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Moremi Clinic situated within the premises of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) complex, Fayemi explained that the inauguration of the referral centre at a time the World was marking the campaign against GBV speaks to his administration’s commitment to global best practices in the promotion and protection of women’s rights in the State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that World Orange Day is globally dedicated to drumming awareness against Gender-Based Violence.
The second edition of the Digital Rights Series is hosted by ITREALMS, an international award-winning news platform in collaboration with DigitalSENSE Africa Media, an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers accredited At-Large Structure, DNS Women Nigeria and NaijaAgroNet, a publication focusing on Sustainable Development, women, environment and new energy, on the theme: “Women and Rights in Digital Era.”
On Sunday night’s episode of the TV show, #WithChude, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, Executive Director of Stand to End Rape Initiative, a youth-led organisation advocating against gender-based violence, and a survivor of the Coronavirus Disease, opened up on her painful experience with sexual abuse during her National Youth Service Corps days.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, has decried rate of gender-based violence experienced by some Nigerian women and girls.
The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Thursday urged everyone to take a common stand against sexual and gender-based violence by advocating for the review of our laws to provide stiffer punishments for offenders given the serious threat the evil act poses to safety and security of women and the girl-child.
Tina Phineas of New Nigerian Newspapers gave the advice on Friday during a Gender Based Violence awareness campaign in selected schools in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State
The Coordinator of the DSVRT, Lola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the session was a continuation of the existing partnership between both bodies, which saw the Vaseline, Close Up and Lux brands provide support at a recent engagement session between the DSVRT and market men and women association in the state led by the Iyaloja General, Chief Folasade Tinubu-Ojo