By Omolara Adasofunjo Ogun State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Adijat Adeleye has defended over one billion naira budget proposal for the Ministry contained in the State 2024 budget appropriation bill, with a request for more support from the Assembly towards Continue Reading
Effective communication between mother and child has been identified as a key factor to early detection of sexual and gender-based violence in children. A public speaker, Mr Anthony Fasehun stated this in a lecture entitled “Responding to the crime of child defilement” at a 2-day seminar organised by Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, […]Continue Reading
Ogun state government says is committed to the fighting domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence in the state. Wife of the Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun stated this at the launch and inauguration of the Nigeria Police Family Support Unit and its facility for the Sango Ota Area Command, held at the […]Continue Reading
Wife of the Oyo State Governor, Engineer Mrs. Tamunominini Makinde has charged all female political appointees and wives of the local government caretaker chairmen in the state to speak out on how to end the incessant killing of innocent women, gender-based violence and sexual harassment in the state. Mrs. Makinde made this known, during a […]Continue Reading
Civil Society organisations in Ondo State staged a walk against rape calling on the Federal government to declare a state of emergency on gender based violence in Nigeria. Speaking on this trend, the CEO, Kids & Teens Resource Centre, Martin-Mary Falana on behalf of other organizations called on the Federal Government to immediately declare a state […]Continue Reading