Ugwuanyi Inaugurates Committee On Prevention Of Gender-based Violence

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has inaugurated a steering committee on the prevention of gender-based violence in the state.

Inaugurating the committee, Ugwuanyi, represented by his deputy, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, stated that the body is saddled with the mandate of developing and implementing programmes and policies for the prevention of gender-based violence in Enugu State, as well as “the rehabilitation of persons who still fall victim of gender-based violence despite all the preventive measures.”

It would be recalled that the wife of the Enugu State governor, Mrs Monica Ugochi Ugwuanyi, had recently campaigned against gender-based violence, calling for an all-inclusive and sustained crusade to stem the tide of domestic violence, sexual abuse, female genital mutilation, public harassment, among others. forms of violence against women in the society.Mrs.

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