Lawyers, CAI4SR Seek Implementation of Sexual Assault Referral Centres In Osun

In partnership with Lawyers Alert on Sexual Gender-based Violence (SGBV) campaign, the Community Advancement Initiative for Self-reliance (CAI4SR) is advocating for the establishment of sexual assault referral centres to tackle sexual and gender-based violence in Osun State.

This was revealed under the SCALE Component Five by the USAID on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM) sector on the strengthening of advocacy.

The executive director of CAI4SR, Mrs. Eni Ayeni who made this known during an advocacy call on the director of public health, Dr. Hakeem Bello in Osogbo noted that the activation, implementation of Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law (VAPPL) and Administration of Criminal Justice Law, (ACJL) is targeted at five states including Osun, and the FCT.

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She said with the sexual assault referral centre in place, it would aid in the speedy delivery of justice services and resolution of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence cases with the VAPP and ACJ laws, although passed in all project locations.

In their goodwill messages, the chairman of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disability (JONAPWD), Mr. Oluwafemi Stephen, JONAPWD women’s wing coordinator, Mrs. Funmi Abdullahi, and Dr. Ayeni expressed the need for the identification of children with disability in mainstream schools, medical intervention, and free access and health support services to PWDs in Osun State.

Dr. Bello praised the NGO for being women, children, and persons with disabilities-friendly and added that the Osun government was ready to partner with organisations in providing the needed enabling environment for its targets.