GAT Criticises Violence Against Women

The Gender Awareness Trust (GAT) has identified gender-based discrimination and violence against women as Achilles' heel for women's participation in public spheres because they limit their participation in democratic experiment.

GAT Programme Officer, Linda Sidi, warned that, "Violence against women is a hindrance to every democratic society which aspires social justice and human rights. In virtually all societies and spheres of activity, women are subjects to discriminations or inequality in law."

She argues that women are mostly absent from public forums, leadership positions and decision making processes in Nigeria. She further says that this has aggravated inequality and poverty of women in the country, including failure in responsiveness of governance to citizens.

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