END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN NIGERIA

In the last few years, there has been an unprecedented increase in the rate of violence against women and girls in Nigeria. The inaction of the government in prosecuting offenders has been alarming to say the least. 

Save Our Needy joined other non-profit and civil rights organizations to demand that the government takes action to prevent violence against women and girls, and to ensure that victims get justice. Respecting the WHO recommendations on the prevention of COVID-19 by wearing masks and practising social distancing, we took to the streets of Lagos and Abuja to demand a State of Emergency on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria. In Lagos, we marched peacefully to the Lagos House of Assembly to protest against sexual violence. 

We urge parents to raise boys who will genuinely love and respect girls because boys grow up to become men. 

Uwaila Omozuwa, Tina Ezekwe, Azeezat Shomuyiwa, Jennifer and Favor (an orphan raped and beaten to paralysis in Ogun State) are some of the celebrated cases of rape and violence against women and girls that we have witnessed in 2020. 

CNN carried a report on the story:
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/09/africa/nigeria-women-rape-protests/index.html

#endviolence #saynotorape #enddomesticviolence #stoprapingwomen #stoprapinggirls

#stateofemergencyGBV #silenceisnotconsent #nomeansno #ItsTimeForAction 

Let us UNITE to End Gender-Based Violence

Violence against women and girls is both a global and local societal ill--global because its perpetrators and victims are in every corner of the world, and local because its forms differ from one place to the next depending on specific cultural, political and socio-economic circumstances. Grassroots educational and training endeavors must help communities fully grasp the extent of violence and the short and long-term harm done to victims and also to the society at large. We must continually educate ourselves, and each other, about gender based violence in the private as well as the public spheres. Educate for safety and peace. — Mahnaz Afkhami President, WLP ( Women's Learning Partnership).

It is our collective responsibility to work towards stopping all forms of violence against women and girls. We need to STAND UP and demand JUSTICE for every woman and girl irrespective of race, religion or social background, who has been a victim of violence. No woman or girl deserves to be abused.

It is NOT okay to remain silent. Violence against women and girls must STOP.

Even famous and powerful women like Rihanna can be victims of violence