A coalition of organizations in Osun State, Nigeria, is raising alarm over the alarming rate of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and calling for immediate action. During the global 16 Days of Activism Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, the group, known as the Movement Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Osun State, visited churches to raise awareness and encourage community members to join the fight against violence.
A coalition of civil society organisations, non-governmental bodies, human rights activists, and other stakeholders have expressed deep concern over the alarming rate of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV , in Osun State . They called for immediate and concerted efforts to address this pervasive menace. In a bid to raise public awareness, the group, operating under the aegis of the Movement Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Osun State , visited several churches on Sunday.
' Recounting an incident in which a 95-year-old woman in Service Area, Osogbo, was raped by a young man, Wey revealed that the elderly victim tragically passed away from the trauma. She also shared the ordeal of a 65-year-old woman who was attacked while taking her ailing husband to the hospital. The assailants not only robbed her but also subjected her to sexual violence in the presence of her husband. “These are not isolated cases.
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