The Civil Society in Malaria Control Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has urged people from across communities in the state to promptly report any case of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Gender-Human Rights (GHR) for stakeholders to response quickly and appropriately.
The Kano state program officer of ACOMIN in charge of Resilience and Sustainable System for Health COVID-19 response Mechanism Program Abdulhakeem Dayyab disclosed this in an exclusive interview with GLOBAL TRACKER correspondent in Kano on Friday during GBV/GHR monthly case management review meeting.
According to the program officer, the meeting is aimed to provide a forum for representatives from the civil society organizations (CBOS) implementing C19RM, the State Team including
service providers and partners to discuss the status of GBV/GHR in the state, based on data and
project implementation stages.
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The meeting will also identify challenges and make recommendations
for resolving them.
He said the meeting objectives includes “to gain insight into the responsibilities and contributions of partners and stakeholders in preventing GBV, delivering essential services, promoting awareness campaigns, and other
activities. Review data from the previous quarter to track progress and identify areas for improvement. Discuss challenges and identify a way forward to address them. Sustain the platform for possible synergy between partners and stakeholders on GBV prevention, identification, reporting, and ensuring that services are survivor-centered and easily accessible to survivors.
Abdulhakeem urged traditional rulers, community leaders and civil society organizations to support ACOMIN in the discharge of its duties by reporting any GBV cases for necessary actions.
“GBV issues is somethings that is happening in our communities, so people should put all eyes anywhere, we need to monitor our children movement closely so that we can support them, so that our environment will be safe for them to move around,” said Abdulhakeem.