This launch is in line with the 16days of International campaign to put an end to violence against women and girls.
The theme for this year's campaign is 'Orange the world: Generation Equality stands against Rape '
This campaign, which usually runs from the 25th of November through 10th of December, is in response to the volume of marginalization that women go through based on our gender.
What I am mostly impressed about, is the fact that the Nigerian vice-president is lending his voice to this campaign. He encourages every country to look beyond systematic dysfunction of cultures in other to prevent sexual based violence. He emphasis everyone to stop downgrading speeches towards women.
I think it is very important that people found guilty of sexual violence be brought to book by the law because if this not done, these act will definitely continue.
Parents generally have a huge role to play in this respect. Because as parents raising children, we have to make sure that we imbibe the knowledge of ZERO tolerance to gender/sexual based violence.
12 November 2019
57 Arraigned for being GAY in Lagos Nigeria
As the case proceeded, Isreal Usman, who is the defence council made it known to the court that only 46 of the 57 accused of being gay were available to be arraigned. the Judge, however, responded that he was only aware of 36 defendants that were listed before him. he further said that because the 57 allegedly accused of being gay by the Nigerian Police was a huge number and the court would not accommodate them, therefore the case was adjourned to the 22nd of November 2019.
The accused were arrested by the Nigerian Police on the 26th of August 2016at a hotel in Egbeda, Lagos Nigeria. They were charged under section 5(2) of the same sex prohibition act of 2013.
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