The Nationwide Company for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Particular person (NAPTIP) on Thursday empowered 15 survivours of Sexual Abuse and Gender Based mostly Violence (SBGV) in Kano State.
The Kano Zonal Commander of the company, Mr Abdullahi Babale, disclosed this throughout a One-Day Capability Constructing Workshop for First Respondents of SGBV held in Kano.
The workshop was organised by NAPTIP in collaboration with Georgetown World Well being Nigeria(GGHN), and ACE2-Society for Household Well being (SFH- ICHSSA3).
Babale stated that the empowerment objects introduced to the survivours to mark the 16 days of Activism had been accepted by the Director-Normal of NAPTIP, Hajiya Binta Adamu-Bello.
Whereas noting that the company had secured 10 convictions concerning GBV circumstances in Kano inside two months, Babale stated the workshop for the stakeholders would assist in facilitating the struggle towards the menace.
Mr. Aminu Yahaya, a GBV Officer at GGHN Kano, stated the difficulty of GBV has remained a critical situation in Kano with some cultural beliefs affecting efforts to comprise it.
Hajiya Rukayya Yahaya-Muhammad, a Gender and Social Change Advisor, SFH- ICHSSA3, highlighted respect, confidentiality and do no hurt as a few of the guiding rules wanted whereas responding to GBV circumstances.
“The workshop is educating stakeholders on how one can reply successfully, significantly in circumstances the place perpetrators are HIV constructive or survivors are of reproductive age, to forestall being pregnant ensuing from rape,” she said.
Dr Abdulwahab Shehu-Usman, from Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, urged the general public to hunt rapid medical help after GBV incidents and keep away from tampering with proof.
“Our major challenges are stigma and lack of training. Individuals have to be educated and inspired to assert their rights,” he stated.
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) experiences that conventional and non secular leaders, journalists and safety personnel are amongst different stakeholders that attended the workshop.(NAN)
