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16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

This report is the fall out of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence implemented by Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF)/Rural Community Empowerment Initiative (RUCEi) with the funding support from the Government of Delta State from December 4-9, 2020. CODAF adopted a participatory research documentation, interview, gathering of testimonies and sensitization in the implementation of the 16 days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV). CODAF invested time and resources into gathering of evidence-based data on the level of awareness of the criminality of GBV, its causes and impacts in Ughelli North. The research made use of a review of secondary materials, interviews with key stakeholders, primary data through surveys and focus group discussions. The intentions of this methodology were to help CODAF to understand the local context of GBV and to harness local available solutions to the problem of GBV and to develop advocacy and campaign guides towards creating awareness for the eradication of GBV in the area. A total of 200 persons were engaged in an interview session in line with structured questionnaire and 10 testimonies were collected but only 4 quality testimonies and quotes were documented in this report. Feedback from the research were used as advocacy and sensitization messages to engage women, men, children and youths. But because of the nature of the campaign and because the outcome of the research showed that women are the main victims of GBV, more females were engaged in the campaign. In the sensitization programmes organized by CODAF, we were able to track about 300 persons engaged directly during the different sensitization programmes. The activity was conducted in 10 communities in Ughelli North LGA. The team had access to victims of GBV, the team visited hospitals, markets, base of sex workers, schools and churches. In these places, testimonies were collected from victims and relative of victims and also perpetrators of GBV.

The sensitization was very interactive because it was used to validate the feedback from the field. Apart from gathering a sizable number of persons together in line with COVID 19 protocols, our team further engaged with individuals and families separately. Our target was to reach out to about 500 persons which was achieved following our adopted methodology of carrying evangelism against GBV. We also spoke to some prominent individuals in the society to get their buying into the campaign. Some Pastors ensured that our team had access to their members and they went as far as making the campaign a sermon in their churches thereby increasing the number of people reached.

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WHAT'S CODAF

CODAF also known as Rural Community Empowerment Initiative (RUCEi) works to bridge the communication gap between policy makers and the grassroots AND raise awareness of rural dwellers and empowering them to be active players in environmental decision making.

This mandate is anchored on article 24 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights which states that “All peoples shall have the right to a general satisfactory environment favourable to their development

OurGoal

To engage in intervention projects that builds the capacity and empowers rural community people to defend their collective rights to participating in natural resource governance through a right-based approach

OurMission

OurVision

We envision a self-sufficient community in the management of their environment and resources without any form of marginalization.

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