Traditional and religious leaders across Taraba State and Nigeria at large have been urged to assist in eliminating practices that promote Gender Based Violence (GBV).
Traditional and religious leaders across Taraba State and Nigeria at large have been urged to assist in eliminating practices that promote Gender Based Violence .The call was made yesterday in Jalingo by the Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development during a roundtable with key stakeholders in the Northeast state.
Speaking, LEAP Project Officer, Amina Ali, urged cultural and religious leaders in the state to assist in discouraging practices that promote GBV in their domains and worship centres. Citing how influential the duo are in the society, Ali, who was of the view that the cultural and religious leaders could break the barriers and allow perpetrators to face the wrath of the law, pleaded with them on the need to assist in sensitising the communities to GBV, deploying scriptures, preachments and sermons.
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