Group Campaign Against Gender-based Violence in Ondo Fidelis David in Akure A United Kingdom non-departmental public body, Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) yesterday expressed concern over
A United Kingdom non-departmental public body, Westminster Foundation for Democracy yesterday expressed concern over increasing violence and discrimination against women globally.
He disclosed that the training comes on the heels of the high spate of violence incidence across the country. His words: “Violence such as rape or incest is growing at an alarming rate now. We all know that rape is when a man takes advantage of every woman without her consent. Once the genital organ of the lady absorbs any part of the body of another, then such a person is said to have been raped. The law says a minor does not have the authority to give consent. Once you are under the age of 18, you cannot give consent, but instead, this is the most despicable act, to say the least.
“Because of all those problems, something has to be done to tackle them. This is why the legislation has to come in by enacting laws. We don’t just enact laws, we have reasons for enacting laws, particularly in this kind of situation where the problem we have in our hands needs to be tackled head-up. Today, if there are no VAPP laws or child draft laws, I wonder what we have in our society today because the criminal code can no longer serve the purpose.
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