Hon. Loveth Izekor Unveils Emergency Intervention to Curb GBV, Mobilises AMAC’s 12 Wards

 By Genesis Ogiri

ABUJA - The Special Adviser on Women Affairs to the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Loveth Izekor, has unveiled an emergency intervention to combat gender-based violence (GBV), strengthen protective mechanisms for women and girls, and deepen grassroots awareness of available channels for reporting and intervention.

Izekor, who made this known at a press conference in Abuja, said the initiative would activate a coordinated 12-ward mobilisation campaign designed to dismantle the culture of silence surrounding gender-based violence and facilitate timely access to assistance for victims and survivors.

She said the campaign would transcend conventional advocacy platforms by taking sensitisation directly to markets, communities and households, charging Ward and Community Coordinators to become frontline instruments of awareness, prevention and community-level response.

According to her, the protection of women and girls requires a broad-based institutional compact involving government, traditional authorities, religious organisations, security agencies, civil society organisations and communities, rather than an isolated governmental response.

Izekor particularly tasked traditional rulers and Royal Queens with deploying their influence to challenge entrenched social attitudes that perpetuate silence around abuse, urging them to champion a culture of accountability, protection and dignity for women and girls.

She also called on Christian and Islamic religious leaders to leverage their moral and community influence in advancing compassion, respect and protection for women and girls, while encouraging victims to speak out and seek appropriate assistance.

The Special Adviser disclosed that the intervention would incorporate intensified awareness of the GBV helpline, which she described as an important channel through which victims and members of the public can report incidents, seek assistance and trigger appropriate intervention.

She further announced plans to leverage strategic partnerships with the media, traditional institutions, security agencies, civil society organisations and other stakeholders, noting that a multi-sectoral architecture was essential to sustaining prevention, early reporting and effective community response.

Izekor urged residents to reject indifference towards gender-based violence, stressing that safeguarding women and girls is a collective civic responsibility requiring vigilance, timely reporting and constructive intervention from families, communities and institutions.

She therefore called on victims and survivors not to suffer in silence, encapsulating the thrust of the intervention in a direct appeal: “Break the silence, call for help.”

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