Group levels stroll towards femicide, submits draft invoice to Lagos Meeting

A civil society organisation, DOHS Cares Basis, on Thursday, led scores of ladies of various ages and from totally different fields in a stroll towards femicide on the streets of Lagos.

The stroll additionally raised consciousness in regards to the damaging penalties of femicide in society.

The group moved from the convergence level in Ikeja to the State Home of Meeting in Alausa, the place they offered a draft invoice for consideration to criminalise femicide within the state.

Femicide is the killing of ladies or women notably by males on account of their gender. It’s the most brutal and excessive manifestation of violence towards girls and women, in line with UN Ladies.

In her remarks, the founding father of DOHS, Ololade Ajayi, described femicide as “the intentional killing of ladies and women by males, which is characterised by a historical past of home violence and social abuse.”

“At the moment, there may be nowhere in Lagos State legal guidelines on home violence that covers femicide,” Mrs Ajayi stated.

“Femicide is the very best type of gender-based violence, probably the most violent kind as a result of it ends in the homicide of ladies and women.”

She added that the draft invoice with totally different sections takes cognisance of susceptible individuals, particularly dependants left behind by the sufferer, sanctions for perpetrators, and sections that care for lacking girls and women who might need been victims of femicide.

Home of Meeting receives group

The group was acquired by three members of the Lagos State Home of Meeting, Solomon Bonu, Badagry Constituency I; Adebola Shabi, Lagos Mainland Constituency II; and Abiodun Orekoya, Somolu Constituency I.

Addressing the group, Mr Bonu stated: “We’ve got listened to you primarily based on what you dropped at the Home. Safety of ladies and women is crucial and in Lagos, we don’t joke with that.”

He stated whereas the state is at present reviewing the Safety In opposition to Home Violence Legislation of Lagos State signed into legislation in 2007, “femicide will be regarded into to strengthen the state legal guidelines as a result of girls and women are important to society.”

Mr Bonu reiterated that Lagos doesn’t tolerate home violence “and I can rely three circumstances the place they’ve prosecuted most males which have violated this legislation.”

“We’re going to ship what you introduced earlier than the speaker and the remainder of the 39 members to debate it,” he added.

Additionally, Mr Shabi stated the feminine members would have been good to obtain the group, however the Home is in recess, and the feminine members are overseas.

“However be relaxation assured, the speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, doesn’t joke with something about girls. He’ll obtain it and you can be invited for potential addition or subtraction.”

On his half, Mr Orekoya stated: “Our payments undergo very thorough processes, we have a look at the results earlier than it now goes to the ground for debate.”

He advisable collaboration between the group and the Home committee chairman on girls’s affairs, Lara Olumegbon, for a immediate intervention.

Extra on femicide, circumstances

In response, Mrs Ajayi stated: “We all know that

Lagos State may be very proactive relating to circumstances of ladies and that’s the reason we’d love the event to occur first right here, and we’re going to the Nationwide Meeting too for a similar trigger.”

Talking additional on femicide, Mrs Ajayi stated it’s a distinct type of Gender Primarily based Violence (GBV), motivated by hatred, contempt, pleasure or a way of possession of ladies and a misogynistic killing of ladies by males.

She stated femicide could happen on account of stereotypes of gender roles and unequal energy relations, with dangerous impacts together with psychological and emotional injury to households and society as a complete.

Citing circumstances of femicide, Mrs Ajayi stated that the victims had not gotten justice so far, forcing her to shoulder the burden of supporting their dependents whose lives have been eternally marred by the incident.

“Many femicide circumstances are often dominated as yahoo or ritualistic killings and within the court docket of public opinion, with blame thrown on the ft of the victims for being grasping or not discerning sufficient. This makes it simple for perpetrators to flee appropriately,” she famous.

Some documented victims of femicide in Nigeria, in line with her, embody Obiageli Anajekwu, Augusta Osedion, Damian Okoligwe, Ogochukwu Anene, Ndubuisi, Nana Fadimatu, Esther Aja, Ovye Yakubu, Evelyn Alifiya, Itunu Chigozie, Mercy Samuel, Osinachi Nwachukwu, Bimbo Ogbonna amongst others.