Gender-Based violence: Stakeholders seek stronger action in Jigawa

Stakeholders successful Jigawa State person called for stronger collaboration and accrued nationalist reporting of gender-based unit (GBV) cases to curb the rising menace crossed the authorities and the North-West region.

The telephone was made during a authorities dialog connected combating GBV successful Jigawa State, organised nether the Male Feminist Project executed by the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD).

Speaking astatine the event, Programme Officer of the project, Sani Saidu Muhammad, said the dialog was convened to perceive from cardinal stakeholders, including spiritual leaders, accepted rulers, civilian nine organisations, the media, and information agencies, connected the basal causes of GBV and applicable ways to code it.

He noted that Jigawa records 1 of the highest numbers of underreported GBV cases, stressing the request to prosecute communities and institutions to guarantee survivors and witnesses talk out.

According to him, galore incidents of rape, home violence, and different abuses spell unreported due to the fact that of cultural, religious, and societal norms, arsenic good arsenic the stigma attached to specified cases.

He said the organisers anticipation to spot a ris...