Over 40% of women murdered are committed by male intimate partners - Barr. Nwankwo


The President/Founder, Crusade for Justice, Barr. Richard Nwankwo has lamented the ever growing cases of physical and sexual abuse of women in the society. Speaking in a welcome address with the theme, "Celebrating the Nigerian Woman, A hallmark for excellence" at the 15th Annual Lecture of the Crusade for Justice in Lagos, he said global the estimates by World Health Organization(WHO), indicate that about 1 in 3 or 35 per cent women worldwide have experienced either physical and or sexual intimate partner or non partner sexual violence in their lifetime.

According to him, equally frightening is the fact that about 40 per cent of murderers of women are committed by male intimate partners. He said the courts and police stations all over the country are hugely inundated with cases of physical and sexual abuses, adding that it is a big challenge for the law enforcement agencies and government to appraise all the dynamics in play and proffer solutions with deep Socratic blend. According to him, one is compelled to ask the following questions: what are our courts doing to contain and drastically rein in the forces at play? What are the Non Governmental Organizations doing to arrest these developments? What about our gladiators in the National Assembly, are they really up to this task while constantly bickering for allowances and emoluments? At individual levels, what are we doing in homes, offices and business environments to effectively curtail this malady?

" These questions are endless and it seems that we have left undone those things which we ought to have done and have consistently and assiduously done those things which we ought not to have done. But we are persuaded by the extremely commendable and result - oriented stance taken by the Lagos State government in addressing these issues and we believe that in itself that represents the most revolutionary and intellectually - driven intervention, with a firm political resolve to contain this fast - spreading virus.

Admitting that these problems exist, at the government level, is the first practical step towards finding a solution.We believe that governments at all segments should energize and give greater impetus to our extant laws, by giving them some measure of bite if these challenges are to be surmounted and reasonably checked." The address read in part.

According to him, it is beyond contention that these are public health problems and violators of women's human rights, and by extension, those of men.


http://irukkanews.com/over-of-murdered-women-are-committed-by-male-intimate-partners-barr-p2961-95.htm

Cc; lalasticlala