ESLF TAKES SENSITISATION AGAINST SGBV TO SCHOOLS IN BENUE.
The Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) of the immediate past First Lady of Benue State, Eunice Spring of Life Foundation (ESLF) has admonished teenagers to speak up and take safe-preservation measures to curb the menace of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV).
Advocates from ESLF who took the SGBV sensitisation message to two schools in Makurdi namely, NKST Secondary School, Makurdi and Olive Tree Redeemer’s High School, Makurdi, shared fliers containing helplines which survivors of SGBV and their families could call for the attention and assistance of relevant persons, agencies and NGOs armed with ready remedies.
Partners from other organisations such as the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Foundation for Justice, Development and Peace (FJDP), Centre for Gender Studies (CGS) of Benue State University, Makurdi as well as Okaha Women and Children Development Organisation (OWACDO), Women’s Midlife Support Initiative (WOMSI) which both represented the Benue Non-Governmental Organisations Network (BENGONET) all lent their voices to the advocacies to schools.
The sensitisation visits were part of the ongoing 16-Days of Activism against SGBV which has witnessed heightened advocacies against the menace across the world.
The annual 16-Days of Activism which is commemorated every across the world, commenced on 25 November and will run through until December 10th which is World Human Rights Day. The theme for this year is, “UNITE! Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls.”
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