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16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER BASED VIOLENCE 2023

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The 16 Days of Activism  against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.   What is Gender Based Violence?  Gender-based violence (GBV) is violence that is directed at an individual based on their biological sex OR gender identity. It includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and psychological abuse, threats, coercion, and economic or educational deprivation, whether occurring in public or private life. What is the 16 Days of Activism Against gender Based Violence? The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.  Why is this important? Gender-based violence causes severe harm to families and communities. The desig...

OGALANDLORD FOUNDATION : A VISIT TO MARYAM BABAGIDA SCIENCE COLLEGE MINNA-NIGER STATE TO DONATE REUSEABLE SANITRY PADS TO GIRLS.

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  On November 1, 2023 the Ogalandlord Foundation paid a visit to the Maryam Babagida Science College to distribute Santary Pads to Students from the school. This project is coined out from the EDUCATION SUMMIT which was held on October 4, 2023 . A part of the communique that was reached at the end of the one day summit highlighted the need to encourage SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH education and teaching young people about their Sexual and Reproductive Health, especially girls. The team had agreed that the best place to start is an all girls schools which would make information faster and easier to disseminate. Members of the of the team saddled with the responsibility of tackling the issue of sexual and reproductive health distributed the reusable pads to the students in company of the representative of the Niger State Ministry of Education, SEDI & the School management alongside representative of the Patent Teacher Association. Resource persons from the PAD UP creati...
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https://youtu.be/9IoJr8Xp7B8?si=ujtxqdt3ePBqpaAr    DEEP TALK With Maiisan on the Crusaders Channel.....  EP1 Gender Based Violence 101 series, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN AREAS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CRISES Gender-based violence (Gender Based Violence) is present in every society around the world and takes many forms. As a violation of human rights, we have a moral imperative to stop all forms of violence against women and girls. In crisis, whether conflict or natural disaster, the risk of Gender Based Violence increases, and so does our collective need to act to prevent Gender Based Violence before it happens or respond to the needs of women and girls when it does. Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by all forms of gender-based violence. The UN defines violence against women as, ‘any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion o...