From JOE Hemba
The Women and Youths Empowerment Initiative WOYEIN in partnership with UN Women with support from the Japanese Government has commenced the training of 200 women Gender Based Violence (GBV) survivors in Yobe state.
The 200 women beneficiaries of different sorts of GBV experiences comprised of 50 each from various communities in potiskum, Damaturu, Gaidam and Gujba.
The training is centred equipping the survivor with skills in peace building and other crafts that will help them to becoming self-reliant.
The Program Lead Hajiya Husna Ibrahim at the training of the first 50 batch of beneficiaries of the initiative at Potiskum said the objective of the project is to train the survivors across communities in the state by building their capacities to be able to be actively involved in their various community peace building processes.
She called on the society to take advantage of the added advantage that women possess as home makers which if properly utilised will be a big asset to the society.
“The women as we have been monitoring, are becoming agents of change and have become courageous to participate in decisions affecting them. They have been mobilizing and sensitizing their peers on GBV, while also encouraging other women on self reliance and economic empowerment for protection against GBV,” Hajiya Husna Ibrahim said.
Hajiya Ibrahim also noted the need for early detection of problems in the society which according to her will bring early solutions as well.
“One important take home of this training is that conflict is inevitable where people exist but the important thing is to know to prepare for it's prevention, reports early warnings, response and manage conflict well and take it to transformational level which has both peace and development for all,” she said.
Some of the participants that spoke to journalists at the workshop showed positive enthusiasm that the training will add to the building of their communities.
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ImpactOnlineNigeria revealed that some of the women have already formed groups and transformed into ambassadors in their various communities championing the course of the eradication of Gender Based Violence Against women in the state.
“This workshop, will boost our effort to use even the little we have in building peace in our communities and creating avenue for sustainable development. There are some of our women that are already campaigning against this trend and with this training, the sky will become our limit,” Fatima Abubakar, one of the participants informed.
The participants appreciated WOYEIN,the Government of Japan who through UNWOMEN for given them the opportunity to participate in the training.
It could be recalled that these women have undergone training on GBV, trauma healing, skills training and apprenticeship, and given starter kits for their economic empowerment and self reliance.
It is also important to stress that some of these women are now producing reusable sanitary pads and diapers for sales in their communities, while cosmetics and snacks produced by yet other among them can easily be found in stalls and shops in Potiskum.
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