Group partners media practitioners to fight SGBV in Kaduna

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

Legal Awareness for Nigerian Women (LANW) has urged the Media to partner with the organization to fight the menace of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, in Kaduna State.
The Acting Executive Director, of LANW, Mrs. Hannatu Ahuwan, asserted this during the sensitization session with Media practitioners and Journalists on the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law (VAPPL) and the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) implementation in Kaduna state
Mrs. Ahuwan encouraged the media practitioners to do a scan assessment of what had happened in the past, the gaps and challenges encountered while conceptualizing an intervention in SGBV in the state.
She explained that the SGBV Justice Network (SJN) Cluster is implementing a project with Palladium’s Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) sponsored by USAID to consolidate already existing partnerships to deepen ongoing advocacy efforts for a more efficient implementation of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law (VAPPL) and the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL) in Bauchi, Benue, Enugu, Kaduna, and Osun towards speedy justice service delivery and resolution of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) cases. Legal Awareness for Nigerian Women (LANW) is the Cluster member implementing the SJN project in Kaduna State.
Mrs. Ahuwan tasked Journalists to take responsibility for their roles, in terms of prevention, response, creating awareness, and providing helplines for survivors of SGBV in society, saying it is time to expose all forms of domestic violence against women.