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June 21, 2019
Someadvocates for gender equality on Friday called for community engagement incurbing the increasing incidents of gender-based violence in the country.
They madethe call at a workshop on “Community Dialogue on Gender-Based Violence”,organised for young in Lagos.
Theworkshop was organised in collaboration with Young African Leaders InitiativeNetwork, a U.S. initiative.
Speaking,the Founder, Across All Initiative for Mental Health and Stigma Eradication,Seun Dosunmu, noted there was need to change the narrative on how women and menwere treated.
He calledon policymakers to be proactive in addressing issues surrounding GBV in thecountry.
Accordingto him, research shows that one in three women in their lifetime willexperience gender-based violence and currently, about 80 million women haveexperienced some form of GBV.