A non-governmental organisation, Women’s Rights and Health Project (WRAHP) has staged a walk to create awareness about the Protection Against Domestic Violence Law of Lagos State.
The group went round Igando at the weekend in Igando-Ikotun Local Council Development Area of Lagos State.
WRAHP Executive Director Bose Iro-Nsi decried the violence against women and girls in their homes.
Copies of the law that were simplified for easy reading and understanding were distributed to passersby with other vital information.
According to her, WRAHP believes that proper understanding and assimilation of the law, will contribute to the effective enforcement of the law and give women the courage to speak and stand for themselves.
“What we did was to simplify the domestic violence law by breaking the technical terms and distribute to people so that they can be able to read, understand it and pass the information to others; if they see something, they should say something,” she said.
Iro-Nsi said government should give equal opportunity to everyone.
“We have some cases of domestic violence which we are handling and we have established businesses for some of the women and given them training because we discovered that they are battered because they do not have economic empowerment so we help develop them in their own skill”.
Akeem Obadaranijo, a participant, urged parents to stop sending their children to hawk during school hours, describing it as a serious offence.
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