They also expressed the need to address the collective shifting norms that promote gender based violence in communities and establishments, noting that, they would employ innovative ways to strengthen institutions to tackle GBV and negative gender norms that perpetuate amongst girls and women in various levels of society.
Speaking at a roundtable of cultural and faith leaders in Lagos, Country Representative of UN Women Nigeria, Mrs. Beatrice Eyong said, the roundtable was geared toward listening and learning from experiences with a view to helping tackle the challenge of violence against women and girls.
She hopes that the dialogue will serve to synergise efforts that will accelerate positive actions, by addressing issues of sexual and gender- based violence in line with the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals agenda as well as the African Union’s vetoes 63 agenda.
