Early reportage of cases of gender violence and sexual molestation has been identified as the key to quick and proper dispensation of Justice for victim s of such crimes.
Reports have also shown that the campaign against
can only be won if communities take ownership of it.
These were parts of the submissions at the formal presentation of newly trained Community
Educators on Gender and Sexual Based Violence to their Community.
The event held at the Palace of the Traditional Ruler of
Nawgwu was part of the activities on Household Discussions on Gender and
Sexual Based Violence a programme implemented out by
Coalition of Eastern NGOs, CENGOS and organised by Center for Civil Resources,
Documentation and Research Center CIRDDOC support from Amplify Change.
In his opening remarks, the Programme Officer CENGOS, Mr
Oluebube Ngige, who was concerned about the alarming increase in the number of
sexual and gender baruler of Nawgwused violence the country, urged victims to
seek for early intervention instead of adopting the culture of silence.
He noted that with the establishment of a Sexual Assault Referral Center at General Hospital Enugwu- Ukwu General Hospital, Enugwu-Ukwu, justice has been assured for the victims.
He listed the functions of the newly trained educators to
include raising the confidence of community members to open up and speak out
against human right abuses with observed confidentiality as well as reporting
such case in collaboration with the
Traditional Rulers and CENGOs
While thanking the organizers for choosing his community
which urgently needed the intervention, the Traditional Ruler of Nawgwu, Igwe
Okaa-Onwuogu, pledged his support towards ensuring the support of the
programme.
On his part, the President General Nawgwu Town Union, Chief
Nnamdi Bartlomew Okeke, Said that the community
chose the educators based on their antecedent which will help fasten the
positive effect of the campaign
A question and answer session formed the highpoint of the event.
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