LAGOS, Nigeria(VOICE OF NAIJA)- In a joint stand against Gender-Based Violence, 300 rape survivors came out en masse in Adamawa state to push for a programme designed specially for them.
The programme is to guide them through the healing process of the hurt they suffered and provide timely access to justice.
On Wednesday, a youth-led NGO called Today for Tomorrow Initiative, organized a youth road walk in Yola to mark the end of the 16-days-of-activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
At the end of the youth road walk, the Executive Director and Team Lead of the NGO, Mrs Adek Ozaveshe, told members of the press about the survivors voicing to be heard.
Ozaveshe, said the event was organized to remind and alert members of the society to raise their voices against GBV in the state, adding that the NGO partnered with the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) for additional support.
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In her words, “Among us there are survivors, I am one of them but lucky to be married.
“Help us, help our today and tomorrow, please pity our future, pity our children by stopping such acts in society.”
She went further to say many of the survivors were also living with the HIV virus contracted during the unprotected ruining act.
She maintained that the provision of a special programme designed to cater to their needs will be an amazing help on their path to forgiveness and healing. Such a programme will guide the survivor on how to deal with the pain both psychologically and emotionally and also on how to move on to success in areas of their lives.
Lending her voice to the cause, the State Coordinator of the NGO, Ketura Balanso, cautioned both current and potential perps to put a permanent stop to the terrible act.
She also appealed to the judiciary arm of government and stakeholders to guarantee the victims and survivors always gets justice for the harm done to them.
Also on the sides of justice, the Executive Director of Adamawa Concern Disable Foundation, Godiya Simon, added that for justice to be served and to avoid future occurrence, everyone involved directly or indirectly should speak up and break free from the stigma of calling out their abusers for their crimes.
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