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NGO trains Shasha students on anti-sexual and gender-based violence {SBGV} advocacy

The resource person advised them to learn to recognise strange behaviours in the opposite sex, move in groups whenever possible, avoid dark or lonely places with the opposite sex, and always dress properly. 
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NGO trains Shasha school students on anti-sexual and gender-based violence {SBGV} advocacy

A Non-governmental organisation, the Catholic Sisters United Foundation (CSUF), has identified the urgent need to train anti-sexual and gender-based violence (SBGV) champions, who will continue educating and training other students in the fight against gender-based violence in society.

President of the Organisation, Mrs Justina Emefiene, made the disclosure on Friday, March 24, 2023, at Shasha Senior High School, in the Egbeda-Akowonjo LCDA of Alimosho LGA during a one-day training of anti-sexual and gender-based violence {SBGV} champions organised by the Foundation. 

The training had 75 participants drawn from students and teachers of the school’s junior and senior classes and Catholic Sisters Foundation volunteers.

According to the resource person at the event, Mrs Emerald Chioma Chukwu, sexual and gender-based violence could be defined as forcing another person to do something against his/her will through violence, coercion, threats, deception, cultural exploitation, or economic means. 

She advised the participants, especially the students to report any attempt by anybody to force any of the aforementioned issues on them, adding that anyone whose conversation makes them uncomfortable should be reported to the school counsellor, or parents/guardians.

Mrs Chukwu also offered some tips to the students and, among other things, made them aware of the existence of sexual abuse.

She advised them to learn to recognise strange behaviours in the opposite sex, move in groups whenever possible, avoid dark or lonely places with the opposite sex, and avoid others’ bedrooms and bathrooms.

She also advised them to be careful in a suspicious environment of what they are given to drink, emphasising that they should handle drinks carefully because unscrupulous people often drug or make potential victims drunk before abusing them.

The participants were also advised to always dress properly and learn to cry out if attacked, no matter by who, and to report to appropriate authorities; school counsellor, parent/guardian, teachers, religious leaders, etc, of any unseemly behaviour towards them, stressing that they should say something when they see something.

THE SUN