Group seeks end to violence against women and girls with disabilities

The Centre for Women’s Health and Information (CEWHIN) has interfaced with survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Osun state. 

The event took place at a one-day stakeholders’ forum on ‘Technical Action/Sustainable Plan on Ending Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities’ in Osogbo, the state capital.

Participants said they are committed to supporting CEWHIN and UN Trust Fund in ending violence against women and girls in the disability community in the state.

The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to addressing all kinds of violence against women and girls at local and international levels.

The UN Trust Fund has so far supported 609 organisations in 140 countries.

Stakeholders in attendance were the chairman and members of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD); communities of people with albinism, hearing and visual impairments; gender desk and people with disabilities (PWDs); desk officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC); and the police public relations officer in the state.

Others were representatives of ministries, departments and agencies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and media practitioners.

Atinuke Odukoya, CEWHIN director said: “CEWHIN supports systems and processes that help individuals advance in their journey towards self-sufficiency and personal empowerment, with a primary focus on promoting gender equality and empowering women and girls”.

“The vision is to create a society where women and girls realise their mental, social and physical wellbeing by realising their full potentials,” she added.