Monrovia - The Organization for Women and Children (OWORCH), a local based nongovernmental organization on Wednesday, January 4, launched a massive awareness campaign and community training to create awareness on access to justice and Sexual Gender Based Violence in Monrovia. During the campaign, ORWOCH supported communities to establish SGBV taskforce to increase citizens’ reports about SGBV cases in their communities. The SGBV taskforce includes men and women. Executive Director of ORWOCH, Mmonbeydo Harrell, stressed that gender inequalities increase violence by men against women. She said traditional beliefs that “men have a right to control women make women and girls vulnerable to physical, emotional and sexual violence.

Source: Front Page Africa January 05, 2018 03:00 UTC