.NAPTIP opens SGBV training for police officers
Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, (WARDC) and Women for Women (W4W) International have identified social and cultural norms as barriers to women’s freedom of speech and participation in democracy and the security space in Nigeria.
This was as the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) stressed the importance of training and retraining gender desk officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to enable them to effectively handle cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV).
Founding Director, WARDC, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, said the prevalence of socio-cultural norms “still affects” the ability of women to participate in peace processes in their communities and states.
She stated this, in Abuja, yesterday, at a discussion on the publication of research conducted…
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