United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged youths of Imo State to join hands with the state government and other agencies to end all forms of violence against children, women and the vulnerable. The charge was given at the end of a two-day training organised by UNICEF for youths on Gender-Based Violence (GBV) at Ehime Mbano Council hall yesterday. It was organised in corroboration with the National Orientation Agency (NOA), the state’s Ministry of Gender and Vulnerable Groups. Mbakwe disclosed that six out of 10 Nigerian children experienced physical, sexual, mental, emotional or other forms of violence before their 18th birthday. At the end of the training, 52 youths drawn from several communities in the state were certified as UNICEF Advocates against Gender-Based Violence and on Child Protection in the state.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2020 04:18 UTC