“It is sad that while we fight coronavirus pandemic, an unseen enemy, we are still having to deal with issues of a seen enemy and that is the perpetrators of rape and other forms of violence against women and children.” Nigeria Racism EndRape
in Nigeria against sexual and gender-based violence to send a strong message against rape and its perpetrators.
She commended men of good conscience who have decided to rise up to be counted for a good cause by participating in the awareness campaign aimed at highlighting the importance of men to join the fight against sexual and gender-based violence. Earlier, the Founder Mirabel Centre, Itoro Anaba, who is also a managing partner of Partnership for Justice, lamented that the lockdown had exposed the severity of the rape cases recorded in the country.
Chairman, Police Community Relations Committee , Lagos State, Kehinde Showemimo, said that publishing rape scenes rather than the punishment, sometimes motivate others to do such evil.
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