Lagos Enlists Two Million Residents In Fight Against Domestic, Sexual Violence

Read the press release by Lagos State Domestic
and sexual violence Response Team below..

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence
Response Team (DSVRT) has begun a six-
month intensified campaign against all forms of
Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in
the State with a target to reach out to two
million residents to lead the crusade against the
menace.
Coordinator of DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-
Adeniyi who disclosed this during a training
session for Media Practioners on Best Practices
for Investigating and Reporting Sexual and
Gender Based Violence cases, said the
development was in a bid to ensure that no
community is left behind in the fight against all
forms of SGBV.
According to her, the DSVRT would be
embarking on intensive sensitisation campaigns
at communities like Fagba, Ajuwon, Surulere,
Ikeja, Kosofe, Ikorodu, Iwaya, Epe, Badagry,
Onike, Ijanikin, Ojo, Idimu, Lagos Island,
Alimosho and Agege.
She also said that inner communities in Badore,
Sangotedo, Oke Yaya, Owutu would also not be
left out of the intensive campaign to reach out
to at least two million Lagosians.
“The campaign will be conducted through door-
to-door canvassing, engagement of children in
schools, town hall meetings, market rallies,
engagement at religious gatherings, and
visitation to salons.
“There would also be an extensive media
outreach through Billboards, radio and television
jingles in English, pidgin and other indigenous
languages,” Vivour-Adeniyi said.
The DSVRT Coordinator also said that the Team
would ensure that relevant details on Domestic
Violence prevention are distributed through
Local Governments and Marriage Registries to
intending couples.
She said the aim of the six months intensive
campaign is to drive increased awareness within
the populace, improve on coordination of
response and more effective prosecution of
cases with better witness corroboration, and
ultimately a reduction in the number of SGBV
cases within the State.

SIGNED
TITILOLA VIVOUR-ADENIYI
COORDINATOR
LAGOS STATE DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL
VIOLENCE RESPONSE TEAM
JULY 30, 2017