SGBV: Only 11 of over 3,000 cases prosecuted Minister
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The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, says only 11 out of over 3,000 reported cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in six states have been prosecuted.
Tallen revealed this during the launch of the National Strategic Knowledge Management Technical Working Group on SGBV by the ministry and its partners under the Spotlight Initiative programme of the EU and UN to eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).
The joint EU-UN Spotlight Initiative is being implemented in Adamawa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Lagos, Sokoto and the FCT.
According to the minister, data from the SGBV Situation Room revealed that out of over 3,000 reported cases, 107 were fatal, 742 cases were still open, while 188 cases were closed and only 11 had so far been prosecuted.
In her opening remark at the event,the
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,, Sadiya Umar Farouq, expressed joy that,”This third meeting is representative of the extent of work that the National Steering Committee has done thus far, as we have finally reached the stage where programme implementation can commence.”
“We believe that your participation and contribution will be invaluable to the success of the Alternate School Programme,”the minister told the new members.
Farouq recalled that:”The National Steering Committee, at its inaugural meeting, moved for the establishment of a Technical Working Group to ensure effective planning and implementation of the ASP, with representatives drawn from the NSC member institutions and other key organisations.
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As we approach the dreadful seventh anniversary of the abduction of 276 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, our hearts remain broken.
We, the parents, relations and supporters of the 112 of our Chibok Girls who remain unaccounted for are disturbed, disconcerted and distressed to know that for seven years, our cries have fallen on deaf ears; for seven years, the children of the rich and elite have grown in opulence and happiness while our beloved young women remain in captivity, forced into lives of unimaginable cruelty and privation.
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Then-Deputy Minister for Policy and Strategic Affairs Hosna Jalil listens during a ceremony at the Interior Ministry, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018.
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Politics in Afghanistan has always been fraught, especially for women. Afghanistan ranks last at 156th on the 2021 Global Gender Gap report. Earlier this year, Hosna Jalil, one of the highest-ranking women ever to serve in the Interior Ministry, quit her position to join the Ministry of Women’s Affairs as a deputy minister.
“I was kicked out because I was a loud voice,” says the 29-year-old Jalil in a conversation online. “I was not their yes lady anymore; I wasn’t there to make anyone happy… I took my fight, I picked my good fight and fought it till the end.”
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