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LASG, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund and the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, has organised a three-day workshop for stakeholders on ways to eliminate all forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV) across the State.
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The Honourable Commissioner for @wapalagos, Mrs. Cecilia Bolaji Dada, at the workshop, emphasised that the Ministry is ever ready to protect, support and empower women and girls to achieve their full potentials socially, physically, economically and politically.
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According to her, there are numerous ongoing programmes aimed at achieving zero tolerance for all forms of gender-based violence through workshops, training, awareness/sensitisation activities.
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She said GBV is a national issue, as such, all hands must be on deck to eliminate it, stressing that the United Nations Population Fund, in partnership with @FMWA_ng, has started the second stage process of developing a national communication strategy.
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Mrs. Dada said, “The first stage of the assessment was conducted between 9th and 13th of March, 2020.
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“The results, which are now ready, have paved the way for the second stage that involves upholding these results and agreeing on a common strategy of communication in Nigeria to end all forms of Gender Based Violence”.