JOURNALIST TAKES GBV CAMPAIGN TO  SECONDARY  SCHOOL

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JOURNALIST TAKES GBV CAMPAIGN TO  SECONDARY  SCHOOL

Students have been advised to eschew violence in any form, and focus
on becoming the agents of change that will shape the future of the
country.

Mrs. Tina Phineas of New Nigerian Newspapers gave the advice Friday,
during a Gender Based Violence (GBV) awareness campaign in selected
school in Yola South local government council of Adamawa state.

Phineas maintained that Violence against women and girls, is one the
most shameful human rights violation and  the most pervasive, It knows
no boundaries of geography, culture or wealth, as long as it
continues, we cannot make  progress towards equality, development and
peace.

According to her, GBV is a problem that seriously impacts not only on
the individual, but also on the community and nation as a whole.

 The campaign was geared towards educating the youngsters about GBV,
its effect on the society and the need to speak out against it.

“Our goal is to reduce gender-based violence (domestic and sexual
violence perpetrated against women and girls) in the home front, in
schools, in the work place, in camps and the society at large”, she
affirmed.

Phineas said her joy will be full when government (both Federal and
state) , Civil Society Organisations (CSO), Non Governmental
Organisations( NGO’s) and other individuals involve in GBV campaign
bring about a society where attitudes to the use of violence (sexual,
physical or psychological) have been transformed.

She also appreciated conflict transforming and peace building
international NGO, Search for Common Ground(SFCG) for the support and
opportunity to increase the visibility of salient Human Rights issues.

Search for Common Ground works to promote the full spectrum of human
rights for all people, addressing GBV is a crucial part of that.

After the campaign, Emmanuel Jacob a SS3 student of Yola Model
secondary school who spoke to New Nigeria said the campaign has help
in broadening his scope about issues of gender and violence.

“I will be a youth campaigner among my peers to spread the word about
GBV and speak out to protect the rights of women and girls”, he
stated.

Juliet Anthony a SS2 student of the same school said before the
campaign, she had no idea what GBV means or stands for, now that am
armed with powerful information, I will speak out for the protection
of the rights of women and girls.

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