CSOs Call For Stronger Prevention, Response Systems To Reduce Gender-Based Violence

Say Growing Cases Of Violations Source Of Concern Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called for a stronger prevention and response systems to reduce sexual and gender-based violence in the country. KASA Initiative which is a campaign against sexual and gender based violence, whose campaign was funded by the African Women Development Fund through White Ribbon Alliance (WRA) Kenya stated this while briefing Journalists in Nigeria. It also urged stakeholders and gender equality advocates to create a safe environment where survivors of sexual and gender-based violence could comfortably share personal experiences to curb the menace in the country. The group stated this on the sidelines of the survey where they engaged over 5,000 women, girls and vulnerable people across four States in Nigeria suffering from sexual violence. Christy Asala, Representative of the African Women Development Fund, said the data obtained from the survey is of great concern. “The data that we observed from t