No fewer than 500 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases have been reported to the National GBV Dashboard by the Kaduna State Government with five cases being prosecuted as of the end of September.
Mr Jamilu Ladan, the UNFPA State Sub-Implementing Partner Coordinator at the state’s Planning and Budget Commission (PBC) disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday.
“As of the end of September, Kaduna State is among the leading states in terms of reporting of GBV cases, amounting to about 500, of which five cases were prosecuted,” he said.
Ladan, who is the Programme Officer at PBC, explained that the feat was achieved with the support of other development partners and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in the GBV space.
He said the state was initially behind in the number of cases reported to the national dashboard, and described the effort as one of the milestones recorded.
On his part, Dr Elvis Evborein, the Reproductive Health Analyst, at UNFPA Kaduna, pointed out that GBV was a multisectoral deliverable, with CSOs, government agencies, and other partners playing different roles.
Evborein said that the toagency supported the state government to create a GBV Technical Working Group for relevant stakeholders to come together to ensure synergy and coordination in the GBV response so as to have a common front and achieve the desired goals.
She said that the Fund had been supporting the technical working group to hold quarterly meetings to review developments in the sector, document results and find solutions to challenges.
“This partnership is mainly for prevention, such that people understand that beating women and psychosocial abuse are violations of women’s rights.
“This also applies to young girls, children, and even men.
“We are working to address these negative social norms, correcting the myths and referring GBV survivors to available services.
“We are also supporting the referral pathway mechanisms available in all communities across the state,” she said.
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