Young people particularly girls and young women often experience violence at home. It ranges from physical punishment to sexual, emotional or psychological violence. However, acceptance of violence as something private often prevents others from intervening and disallows victims and the vulnerable alike from reporting.
It is on this account that the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Abuja branch recently took its advocacy train to the Faculty of Law BAZE University also in Abuja yesterday to train law students on how to counter Gender based Violence. They were trained by the branch Assistant General Secretary Ezinwa Obiajunwa who is passionate about issues of gender, children and human rights violations.
Obiajunwa has over 5 years experience working in prestigious organisations on issues of Gender Based Violence (GBV). She has also contributed to the development of programs, projects and activities that enhance access to justice for indigent women and children in Nigeria.
The event captured all the various forms of GBV and thoroughly educated these young ones who are the future of tomorrow.
The programme taged “One-day Peer Educators Traning on Gender Based Violence was organised by FIDA Abuja in conjunction with OXFAM International. FIDA says it looks forward to a continuing relationship in sensitizing the Nigerian people on the Violence Against persons (prohibition) (VAPP) Act, 2015 and other relevant laws in line with its objectives.
