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December 10, 2019
A non-governmental organization, Mercy Corps Nigeria, has called on journalists to focus on survivors while reporting cases related to Gender Based Violence, GBV.
TheCommunication Officer, Educating Nigerian Girls in New Enterprise, a programbeing implemented by Mercy Corps, Oluwawemimo Onikan, made the call at a newsconference in Abuja.
Theconference was organized ahead of the international Human Rights Day and tocommemorate the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence declared bythe United Nations, from November 25to December 10.
TheCommunication Officer said that survivors centered approach in news reporting,would empower survivors by putting them at the center of healing process. Sheadded that journalists should be emphatic, but avoid judgemental languageduring interviews with the organisation survivors.
Earlier,the Deputy Country Director, Mercy Corps, Ram Kishan said the organization wasready to partner with the media in fighting gender based violence in thecountry.