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Sexual Harassment: Dons call for improved policies in varsities
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By Josephine Agbonkhese
Stakeholders have called for the improvement of anti-sexual harassment policies in higher institutions of learning across the country, to effectively address the spate of sexual harassment.
They made the call at a one-day consultative meeting with experts and regulatory bodies in the educational sector, a European Union project organised by the Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC.
Some of the stakeholders were Dr Ayeni Joseph Olabode, Deputy Registrar/Head of Counseling Unit, Lagos State University, and Dr Akinola Akintayo, Senior Lecturer/Researcher at the Department of Public Law, University of Lagos.
By Kuni Tyessi
A Civil Society Organisation, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) has reiterated that only the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) bill can stop the reoccurring incidents of genital mutilation, rape, unhealthy widowhood practices and other decimals that limit the growth and development of women.
The organisation which was supported by the United Nations and the Embassy of Netherlands, noted that the rising cases of violence against women in the country was largely caused by lack of commitment from governors in the tackling of the menace.
Executive Director of WARDC, Dr. Abiola Afolabi who stated this in Abuja at a retreat for members of Borno State House of Assembly on Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) bill in Abuja, regretted that despite the growing violence against women, children and men, many states had not seen reasons to make the VAPP bill a priority.
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Despite the decision of the family of 16-year-old Barakat Melojuekun to drop charges against the suspended Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Abiodun Abdul-Balogun, who allegedly attempted to rape her, some groups have insisted that Governor Dapo Abiodun and the state police command must ensure that the matter is not covered up.
The two groups – the Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria (NRHJN) and the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) – made their position known in separate statements seen by PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday and Sunday respectively.
This newspaper reported how the commissioner was accused of attempting to rape a secondary school student in his apartment on December 31, 2020.