{"id":2295,"date":"2020-11-09T16:33:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2020-11-09T16:33:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:33:10","slug":"women-urged-to-speak-out-against-sexual-physical-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/women-urged-to-speak-out-against-sexual-physical-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Women urged to speak out against sexual, physical violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Stephen Adeleye<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lokoja, Nov. 9, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women across the country have been urged to speak out against sexual and physical violence as they were not created to be brutalized, violated or treated less as human being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hon. (Mrs) Safiya Aliyu, the President, Upper Area Court II Lokoja, gave the advice in a paper he presented at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kogi chapter in Lokoja on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme for the FIDA AGM is: ”Confronting Sexual And Physical Violence Against Women And Children: We Can Do Better\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aliyu defined Physical violence or abuse as any intentional act causing injury or trauma to another person or animal by way of bodily contact, while Sexual violence is any sexual act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, act to traffic a person or acts directed against a person\u2019s sexuality, regardless of the relationship to the victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She stressed that sexual and physical violence were forms of gender based violence; a phenomenon deeply rooted in gender inequality and continued to be one of the most notable Human Rights.
She, however, advised wonen to be careful not to trigger violence, at home, in school or work place, but to be peace makers and study the mood of their husbands, colleagues, bosses, acquaintances and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n