FCT women farmers want action against SGBV

The FCT Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation (SWOFON) has called for immediate actions on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against women farmers across the country to tackle food insecurity.

The leaders of the organisation made the call in Abuja at a stakeholders’ consultative forum and briefing on hunger and SGBV among smallholder women farmers.

The FCT-Gwagwalada Coordinator of SWOFON, Ogedengbe Olabisi and FCT-Kuje Coordinator, Mercy Nnanna, who spoke on behalf of their colleagues, said Gender-Based Violence (GBV) was a critical issue, which has profound effects on smallholder women farmers.