1,240 Cases Of Sexual Assaults Recorded In Southern Kaduna
The center’s manager, Grace Abbin, told journalists in Kafanchan that most of the victims were women and children. She said several cases were taken to court where seven convictions have been secured.
The center is one of the four in the state where victims of rape and other gender-based violence receive free counseling, medical and optional legal interventions.
Abbin called on survivors of all forms of gender-based violence to overlook the issue of stigma and report to them for assistance.
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Earlier, the program manager of NERI, Omokide Chikodi, said the center realized the need to support survivors of gender-based violence in the course of its work in Southern Kaduna.
Chikodi, who was represented by NERI’s program officer, Adamu Garba, urged well-meaning individuals and organizations to join the campaign to eradicate all forms of gender-based violence.
The Nigeria Early Recovery Initiative (NERI), a component of the United States Agency for International Development Office Transition Initiative (USAID/OTI), is in synergy with the Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), Kafanchan, in its campaign against gender-based violence.
