- Pledges senate's support to stop gender abuse
As part
of advocacy to protect the female gender and young children against
abuses, discrimination, violence and other violations, the Women Arise
team led by Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin on Thursday took the advocacy to the
Senate leadership.
The group on Thursday
visited the National Assembly with the campaign to rescue the schoolgirls
who were abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists at Chibok, Borno State
on April 14th, 2014.
At the visit, the Women Arise circulated her new document which is created to serve as policy guidelines for prevention and handling of cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The organization created the policy guidelines with the support of Ford Foundation to serve as policy framework in the bid to curb the rising spate of violence against women and young persons
The team was
received at the National Assembly by the leaders of
Nigeria's Senate. The President of Nigeria's Senate, by Dr. Bukola
Saraki who led the senators promised to work with Women Arise on
the advocacy to end gender abuse and other forms of violence a affecting
young persons in the country.
Thursday being the 2nd year since
abduction of the Chibok Girls, the Women Arise team also increased campaign for
rescue of the Chibok Girls. The senators joined the advocacy and promised that
the Federal Government is increasing efforts to ensure the rescue of the
abducted schoolgirls.
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