By Busayo Obisakin | Project Leader
Violence against women is a pervasive problem in Nigerian culture, and traditional rulers and elders set the culture. That’s why we decided to reach out to these groups to see what could be done. Before the conversation, we visited the communities and told them about the partnership we wanted to establish, asking if they were willing and ready for this kind of relationship. We gave them a letter on the first visit, and on the second visit we discussed the project modality and goals of our efforts. After these visits, the community head organized the stakeholder meeting.
I led the WIDC team of ten to two towns, where we met with the monarchs, traditional chiefs, traditional women leaders, and other stakeholders so that we could add their voices to the chorus of those condemning violence against women. We first met with 25 representatives in each of these communities and later with larger groups of about 90 people. Below is a story award I received on this activities at World Pulse
https://www.worldpulse.org/story/how-i-convinced-a-king-to-decry-domestic-violence-23183\
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By Busayo Obisakin | Project Leader
By Busayo Obisakin | Project leader
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