The implementation of Household Discussion on Gender and Sexual Based
Violence has started
in earnest in Amaiyi, Ogbaru North Local Government Area
of Anambra State, with
the presentation of the Community Educators trained for
that purpose to their kinsmen.
The programme which
was implemented by Coalition of Eastern NGOs, CENGOS,
organised by Civil
Research Development and Documentation Centre, CIRDDOC
with support from
Amplify Change in order to curb the rising cases of gender
violence in the
society through community efforts.
Speaking at the event,
the Programme Officer, Coalition of Eastern NGOs
CENGOS, Mr. Oluebube
Ngige, noted that the programme which is implemented
in the 6 eastern
States of the federation including Bayelsa, uses a grassroots
based approach,
designed to curb all forms of violence against men and women in
the country.
He said that society
will advance better when women are recognized as an
integral part of the
growth and development of the family noting that what we
teach our children
rubs off on their perception of themselves.
For her part,
broadcast journalist and Head of Television, Anambra Broadcasting
Service, Mrs Ify
Unachukwu, said that with the increase in number cases of abuse
and molestation,
research has shown that the family has a great role to play in
stopping gender
violence in our communities.
While welcoming the
participants, the Traditional Ruler of Amaiyi, Igwe
Emmanuel Mbanefo,
commended CENGOS for its unrelenting efforts towards
stopping the malaise,
promising to ensure the success of the campaign.
For his part, the
President General, Amaiyi Community, Nwanze Afubero, frowned
at the increase in
child labour, human trafficking and rape in society, describing
them as forms of
modern slavery.
Other members of the
community, Lolo Chika Mbanefo, Mr Okwudili Obi and
Mrs. Nancy Achike,
applauded the programme while pledging to cascade the
knowledge garnered to
others.
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