The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Pauline Tallen, on Monday urged the police and judiciary to support the fight against gender-based violence.
She made the call in Abuja at the lunch of Cece Yara (Save the Children in Hausa) Foundation and commissioning of the Cece Yara Child Advocacy Centre building.
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“I’m very sad with the high incidence of children molestation and children abuse and women abuse in our country,” Tallen said. She said her ministry had secured a toll free line 08031230651 for reporting cases of gender-based violence.
In a related development, Director-General, National Centre for Women Development, Mary Ekpere-Eta, has urged families, institutions and communities to stop treating sexual and gender-based violence as a ‘family matter’, but ensure that survivors seek professional help for their physical and mental health.
She spoke yesterday in Abuja at an occasion to mark the #16-Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 2020.
