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Women Underscored In Peace Building Participation

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Women Underscored In Peace Building Participation</h1>
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The Director-General, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR), Prof. Oshita Oshita, on Wednesday underscored the role of women in peace building in the society.</div>
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Oshita said this at the conference on “All-Nigeria Women Leaders on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution: Peace in Nigeria, a Collective Responsibility”, organised by the Centre for Gender Studies International (CGSI) in Abuja.</div>
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He called for proper streamlining of gender roles in peace and security for progress in the country.</div>
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The director-general, who was represented by the Head of Gender, Peace Resolution and Security, Mrs Grace Audu, said there was need to assign the role of coordinating body to arrive at systematic and envisaged outcomes in order to bridge existing gaps in peace processes.</div>
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He said importance of women in peace building led the UN into adopting a framework to enable them attain the leadership and decision making levels of peace talks.</div>
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“The effects of conflicts on Nigerians particularly women and children cannot be overemphasised.</div>
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“Psychological and emotional effects like traumatic stress disorder due to sudden death of family members notably, the husbands have left many of the women as widows,” Oshita said.</div>
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He said the UN in the year 2000 adopted a political framework, the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSC 1325), to bring women to the leadership and decision making levels in peace processes.</div>
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Oshita also acknowledged that women are more and differently impacted by conflict from men and therefore mandated member countries to integrate gender perspectives in all aspects of peace building.</div>
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READ: <a href="https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/03/21/former-vice-president-welcomes-release-of-dapchi-school-girls/" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f61111; line-height: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, color 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Atiku welcomes release of Dapchi school girls</a></div>
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The director-general said though Nigeria began the process of domesticating the UN resolutions by developing a National Action Plan (NAP), including the National Gender Policy (NGP) and the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), but it seems that the goal of the UNSCR 1325 was still far-fetched.</div>
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He therefore tasked stakeholders at the conference to engage with issues inhibiting the adequate promotion of peace in Nigeria that needed answers, urging them to come up with action points for next steps to be taken.</div>
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The representative of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mrs Theresa Maduekwe, stressed that for peace to reign in Nigeria, citizens must embrace African values of respect for one another, and communal living where everyone is their brother’s keeper.</div>
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The Executive Secretary of the CGSI and former Commissioner of Women Affairs in Imo, Mrs Nma Onyechere, called for the protection of women interest in security matters by leaders in the country.</div>
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She stressed the urgent need for involving women particularly those at the grassroots in peace processes, noting that they are most affected by conflicts and crises.</div>
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Women Underscored In Peace Building Participation

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Dapchi Girls’ Release: UN To Provide Emergency Healthcare Support

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Dapchi Girls’ Release: UN To Provide Emergency Healthcare Support.</h1>
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The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says it is on standby to provide emergency reproductive healthcare and psycho-social counselling and support to the released Dapchi school girls abducted by Boko Haram.</div>
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The fund said in a statement issued by Mrs Kori Habib, the Media Adviser, that UNFPA Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja congratulated Federal Government over release of the girls after weeks in captivity.</div>
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Habib stated that UNFPA was already in Yobe, providing psychosocial counselling to parents and families of the girls.</div>
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She added that the fund was on standby to support Federal Government toward providing comprehensive psychosocial support and other specialised services for the girls.</div>
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She noted that “UNFPA staff and supported health clinics are on standby to provide medical check-ups to the released Dapchi school girls.”</div>
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Habib also quoted the UNFPA Representative in Nigeria, Ms Diene Keita, as commending Federal Government for helping and protecting women and girls affected by the conflict in the northeast.</div>
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The country representative, however, expressed concern over what she described as<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“thousands of women and children still held in captivity by Boko Haram.”</div>
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Keita, therefore, called for greater efforts to bring the women and children still held in captivity by Boko Haram to safety and home to their families.</div>
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She said “UNFPA condemns all forms of violation and calls on Boko Haram to end all grave violations against women and girls, especially the abduction and sexual abuse and forced marriage of girls.</div>
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READ: <a href="https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2018/03/21/former-vice-president-welcomes-release-of-dapchi-school-girls/" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #f61111; line-height: inherit; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, color 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Atiku welcomes release of Dapchi school girls</a></div>
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“UNFPA calls on government to ensure that schools remain in places of safety and security, where young girls and boys can learn and grow in peace.</div>
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“Girls and young women must be allowed to go to school without fear of violence and unjust treatment so that they can play their rightful roles as equal citizens of the world.</div>
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“There must be measures put in place to stop violation of the rights to education and dignity to women and girls in Nigeria as a whole,’’ Keita said.</div>
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She added that since the insurgency in the North-East started, six in 10 girls were<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />reported to have experienced a form of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and many had limited access to reproductive healthcare.</div>
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She said UNFPA and partners provided direct prevention and response services to over 200,000 women and girl survivors or at risk of GBV through the fund’s “safe spaces” and community outreach.</div>
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She explained that over 3.5 million survivors were provided with sexual and reproductive health care services and psychosocial support and counselling.</div>
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She said “UNFPA has a comprehensive response for women and girls affected by the conflict in the Northeast and works with national authorities to support women and girls who escaped or were released from Boko Haram.”</div>
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