Ms Abbin speaks on the alarming trend in sexual and gender-based violence and her journey from banking to the development sector.
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In my observation, the increase has to do with awareness. It’s not as if sexual and gender-based violence is not happening. It’s happening daily. People have been sleeping with it and the stigma will not allow them to speak about it. So many times, they don’t even know where to go about it. And because of the awareness creation and our impact on society, people are now reporting.Support journalism driven by facts, created by Nigerians for Nigerians.
Spiritual violence occurs when someone uses an individual’s spiritual beliefs to manipulate, dominate, or control that person. We also have optional legal intervention where we say adults could choose to say they don’t want medical service, we don’t want any legal cases. But for children, especially in rape cases where we don’t negotiate, it is not optional. Children’s cases of rape must be presented and taken to court for justice for them, so it is not optional for children but it is for adults.
We try to engage people to tell them that incidents should not be kept quiet. The culture of silence must be broken and we talk to them, especially about harmful cultural practices and their negative effects. And we try to continue with awareness creation.Entrance of the Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Kafanchan, Kaduna State
So, our phones are working 24/7, but we are in service from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and everyone has a role to play. So, if we have issues, we excuse one another to take days off and take care of ourselves. So, we try to do that, we create time for relaxation. The truth is that I came from a family that fights for the rights of people. My father used to be in the Nigeria Labour Congress .
PT: What message would you like to convey to survivors of sexual assault and how they access your centre’s services?: My message to my survivors is that they should be resilient. They will not end up as victims; that is why they are called survivors, and because they are called survivors, they should bounce back to life and live their lives as normal.They should not feel guilty, and they should not feel helpless.
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