Gender-based violence culprits will be paraded henceforth- Lagos

The Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation has said the state will publicly parade culprits of gender-based violence henceforth.

The ministry’s Domestic Violence Unit revealed this during the commemoration of the 16-day activism against gender based violence for youths.

Tagged ‘Orange the World, Stop Gender- Based Violence against women and girls now!’, the event was held at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Alausa, Lagos.

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“The participants were urged to be change agents in rebuilding cultural norms and practices that spike gender – based violence within the society.

“Perpetrators of all forms of Gender-Based Violence, will henceforth be paraded publicly, as measures to curb such societal menace,” the statement revealed.