Amb. Kingsley Onuche, Champions National Champaign against Violence on Women and Girls
In a season marked by global advocacy and heightened calls for justice, two leading voices in Nigeria’s humanitarian and gender-protection movement Amb. Dr. Kingsley Onuche and UN Affiliate Amb. Dr. Hauwa Babura have converged in purpose, driving a unified campaign against violence on women and girls across communities and digital spaces.
On Monday day, the Founder of the Peace Ambassador Advocacy Network, Amb. Dr. Kingsley Onuche, led his team on a transformative outreach to Kubwa Government School, Abuja. The visit, filled with energy, empathy, and truth-telling, was aimed at equipping young girls with the awareness and courage needed to protect themselves in an increasingly unsafe society.
Addressing the students, Amb. Dr. Onuche delivered a message both cautionary and empowering. He urged the girls to stand boldly for themselves, to recognize the sanctity of their bodies, and to refuse any attempt subtle or forceful to violate their dignity. He emphasized that their voices matter and that reporting suspicious behavior early is critical to breaking the silence that shields abusers.
In an emotionally piercing moment, he recounted the tragic case of Ochanya Ogbanje, the teenage girl whose prolonged abuse led to her painful death. “Imagine the agony that innocent child went through before she died,” he noted with solemnity, using her story as a powerful warning of what silence and societal neglect can cost. The students listened with visible emotion, their understanding deepened by the painful reality of the story.
This grassroots school engagement came at a time when the world is observing the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, an annual global initiative that rallies nations, institutions, and advocates to intensify the fight against violence targeting women and girls. In Abuja, this movement is being championed by Amb. Dr. Hauwa Babura, a respected United Nations Affiliate and prominent gender-rights advocate.
From November 25th to December 10th, 2025, Amb. Dr. Babura is leading a strategic advocacy drive themed:
“Unite to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls.”
The campaign acknowledges the rising threat of online harassment, cyberstalking, digital blackmail, deepfake exploitation, and image-based abuse—digital crimes that destroy confidence, careers, and in some cases, lives.
Amb. Babura emphasized that digital violence is not virtual—it is real, harmful, and often more traumatizing because it follows victims everywhere they go. “Stop digital abuse. Stop violence against women and girls,” she declared, urging individuals, communities, tech platforms, policymakers, and youth groups to work together to make digital spaces safer and more accountable.
The synergy between Amb. Dr. Onuche’s physical-space advocacy and Amb. Babura’s digital-safety campaign creates a powerful dual-front movement—one that protects young girls in classrooms, homes, communities, and online platforms. Their unified efforts reflect a new era of empowerment where education, awareness, and activism converge to build a safer world for every woman and every girl child.
As Nigeria joins the global community to mark the 16 Days of Activism, the combined voices of these two advocates serve as a compelling reminder that violence—whether physical or digital—must be confronted with firmness, unity, and sustained public engagement. Their message is clear: every girl deserves safety, every woman deserves dignity, and society must rise to defend them both.
