The Director of Women Development and Gender Affairs in the State’s Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs. Faith Okpohworho said that 13 persons have been convicted for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) offences in Delta State from March, 2023.
Mrs. Okpohworho disclosed this in Asaba during a one-day step down Training of Trainers (TOT) and service providers on the use of the National GBV Dashboard in the state, frowned at the absence of GBV data from the ministry to the National Dashboard.
She said, The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons’ (NAPTIP’s) database, uploaded 91 cases of GBV, out of which 13 offenders had been convicted.
Highlighting that 130 cases had been successfully handled, referring them to right quarters for further consideration, while 79 cases were pending in courts.
The director, however, called for proper collation and harmonisation of data on victims of GBV in the state, as well as uploading the same on the National Dashboard for accurate statistical representation.
Meanwhile, Coordinator of the Association Against Child Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria (AACSGBV), Ambassador Eeris Jewo Ibi advocated for all NGOs to seek positive change in the fight against GBV and align themselves with updated GBV data that would ensure development across all sectors.
Noting that NGOs involved in GBV to synergize towards feeding uniformed data to the National Dashboard.
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