City News • Created November 12, 2020 01:09

Groups train 123 women in grassroots advocacy against gender violence

One hundred and twenty-three women have been trained in advocacy and effective communication to help women at the grassroots rise up to the challenges of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). The training organised by the Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) and sponsored by the Women for Women International, Nigeria, was aimed at helping grassroots women […]

Groups train 123 women in grassroots advocacy against gender violence
Groups train 123 women in grassroots advocacy against gender violence

One hundred and twenty-three women have been trained in advocacy and effective communication to help women at the grassroots rise up to the challenges of Gender-Based Violence (GBV).

The training organised by the Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) and sponsored by the Women for Women International, Nigeria, was aimed at helping grassroots women deal with violence.

The Country Director, Women for Women, Mrs. Bukola Onyeshi, at a one-day high-level meeting with decision-makers in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja yesterday said the women have been trained with assistance from the Government of the Netherlands under the Funding Leadership and Opportunity for women.

She said the five year grant has helped in reaching out to 5000 rural communities in the past five years.

“They are here today to speak for themselves because we helped them to find their voices. There are many issues in this country and more endemic is the issue of violence at the grassroots level. But we are happy that they have been empowered and they have found their voices to help others too’’, she said.

The Director Programmes and Administration (WRAPA), Anisah Ari, said as an organisation fighting for women, the training was to help amplify the voices of women, adding that the lockdown had exposed a lot of deprivations and violation women’s rights.

“We are hoping that there will be a distinct policy for women in pandemic situations because during the lockdown period, women did not have access to institutions to get redress to violation they were having and their movement was constrained. They couldn’t run out of violent relationships because nowhere to go due to restriction of movement,” she added.

 

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