The Women Friendly Initiative (WFI), an NGO, has called on media practitioners to intensify efforts on reporting Gender Based Violence and Substance Abuse (GBVDA) to achieve an all-inclusive sensitisation in the country.
The Chief Executive Officer of WFI, Dr Francis Eremutha, made the appeal during a media chat in Kuje, FCT.
Eremutha, represented by Dr Veronica Gabriel, said the initiative was part of Gender Based Violence prevention and response to help address the abuse among adolescents and youths.
According to him, issues of Gender Based Violence and Drug Abuse amongst adolescents and youths in the country was becoming worrisome, hence the need for adequate sensitisation.
Eremutha said the organisation recently held a one-day meeting in Kuje with school-based management responders and health officials on prevention of GBVDA amongst students in public and private secondary schools in the FCT.
He said the event created an opportunity for School Counsellors, Health workers and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to share experiences, challenges, innovations and successes recorded on curbing the menace of GBV and drug abuse.
However, he encouraged the participants to take advantage of the GBV and Drug Abuse Response directory developed on the project to enhance collaboration and effective referral linkages.
The Project Manager for WFI, Mrs Rosemary Adejoh-Adaji, called on the media to also galvanise policy makers and stakeholders support to tackle GBV and drug abuse in the country.
She said more than 160 stakeholders comprising school counsellors, school clinic operatives, health club coordinators, student leaders, health workers and CSOs have earlier received GBV and drug abuse prevention and response training.
According to her, WFI targeted more than 20,000 students through sensitisation campaigns in FCT schools in order to raise awareness about the menace towards achieving a GBV and drug free society.
The GBV and Adolescent and Youth Desk Officer for Kuje Area Council, Mrs Eunice Madaki, applauded WFI for the great initiative.
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Madaki urged them to also intensify efforts at targeting parents in the campaigns in order to achieve all-inclusive sensitisation. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)