A non-governmental organisation in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAPH) has embarked on Town Hall meetings in six Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the Alimosho area of the state, to curb sexual and gender-based violence.
The Executive Director of the NGO, Mrs Bose Ironsi, made this known at the town hall meeting held at Mosan-Okunola LCDA in Lagos.
Earlier before that of Mosan-Okunola, the organisation had held a town hall meeting with community members of Ayobo-Ipaja and Ikotun-Igando LCDAs.
According to Ironsi: “WRAPH is a foremost organisation promoting sound health, equal rights and development for women, young people and communities to tackle Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and increase reporting in Alimosho.
“WRAPH, with support from the EU-funded Rule of Law and Anti-corruption (RoLAC) programme, managed by the British Council in Nigeria, is facilitating the Town Hall meetings across the six LCDAs.
“It is part of its project titled: ‘Increasing Access to Justice Related Services Project’ to mobilise communities for the uptake of justice-related services for survivors of SGBV.”
She also said that the project had launched its resource centre, the Ireti Resource Centre, to support vulnerable people and SGBV survivors.
This, according to her, is to offer them free services, train 100 police officers and 300 community-mandated SGBV reporters from 30 social structures.
She also said that the meeting was also to train and encourage community members in Alimosho to be actively engaged in the responses and reporting of SGBV.
