Partnership for Justice with support from Justice For All (J4A)
project of the Department for International Development (DFID) UK is organising
“A walk to Create Awareness on Rape in Lagos Sate” as part of the annual United
Nations 16 days of Activism on Violence Against Women (Nov.25th –Dec. 10th) and
in celebration of the first anniversary of the Mirabel Centre.
The walk is to
create awareness about high incidents of rape, protective measures and
available support services to citizens of Lagos State. The walk is scheduled to
hold on Tuesday, November 25 by 9:00am with the starting point at Ikeja (Under
the bridge) and the ending point at the office of the Deputy Governor.
The rape walk
with the theme “Not in our communities” is to provide a platform where all
stakeholders in the fight against rape and sexual assault, can mobilize the
community to take action against perpetrators of rape and report such cases to
appropriate authority.
According to a
statement by the Programme Officer of Partnership for Justice, Ivy Fidelia
Basil-Ofili, “Ikeja Motor Park was strategically chosen as the meeting point as
it will enable the group to create awareness among different sectors of the
community who use the motor park including road transport workers, bus drivers,
okada riders, etc. The route, from the motor park to the Deputy Governor’s
office, is a busy road in the metropolis and thus many people are expected to
benefit from the awareness created by the walk”.
Some of the
partners of the walk are Lagos State Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
Response Team (DVSART), Lagos State Gender Advocacy Team
(LASGAT), LASUTH, Ministry of Justice, Office of the Public
Defender and the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Others are
the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Social Development, Ministry of Health and
WG8 on violence against women among others.
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