The Recap: 16 Days Of Activism

The fight will be easier if, Men tirelessly fight Men who are violent against women. It does look like a war that will soon be won!!.

From the statistics we observe, we know it's going to be a long battle but will be a gradual win. Starting from how we raise the next generation to how the current and previous generations change their warped perspectives on how Women should be treated. Your articles during this period have been really Enlightening. Thank you Adebola. Bless x

One by one, we will take a stand against these issues that wreak havoc on our society and gradually results will/are showing and will continually build up till the right thing becomes the norm...

The 16 Days Of Activism increased awareness on the violence and injustice against women. It also brought to light the fact that the society has failed in educating men about certain etiquettes while focusing on training women to literally be perfect. I genuinely hope that the rave on this topic doesn't die down, that we continually write, speak and tweet about it. I hope the society realises that there is a certain moral decay among some/most of the male population and works on our generation. I also hope we get it right with the next male generation and that the amazons we are raising don't lose their strength, their voices and their hope.
God bless Nigeria.

This is a good way of enlightening the public about domestic violence and how to properly treat the girl child.but I feel we should look at the other way, as we are trying to educate and orientate the men we should not leave the women out.I read in the news recently about a chieftain in lekki who killed his wife unintentionally with his car.it was reported that they had an issue then the woman got angry and went to the man's block industry and destroyed all the blocks there while she was angry the man decided to leave the place in his car and ended up hitting her with his car.I don't know what kind of anger would have made her destroy his stuffs and she ended up dead and the man was arrested ...all I am saying is that women should be educated while educating the men to have a better society.. Just my opinion though and I don't support domestic violence and entitlement nice work adebola keep it up.

Yes, The #16DaysOfActivism2017 was indeed eventful. Medical students across the world were not left out. We lent out our voices under the auspices of various national member organisations. Of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), and it was same even for licenced practitioners. With constant advocacy like these, we'll be sure of a GBV-free world sometime in future.
I should however like to add that, our advocacy and activities against GBV won't make so much impact until we take these messages to the grassroots. Lasting change grows from the bottom to the top. There's an urgent need to take the message beyond the new media; online activism can never be enough to fight GBV. While of course, our messages get to the microscopic few - the less than 20% of the world who have access to new media - billions of people remain unreached. Our generation must be 'actively' involved in the activism. The least we can do is organise local community projects where the very communal people can get to know about things like these.
I for example, would expect every Corp member of the NYSC in Nigeria who is interested in GBV and other related matters to make efforts at organising community projects in the various communities where they are posted to - especially those in rural areas. If many of these micro-cities get enlightened, the summation of all of them will then give us great numbers that are reached.
I got to understand the issue of rural communities and their attitudes towards these issues when last year, I embarked on a project to advocate against Female Genital Cutting. While we were in the urban centres, it was a smooth ride; everyone quickly understood the messages. But the story changed on getting to very rural communities. Trust me, that is where the real battle lies. People in those places don't know a thing about these issues, and its only what you have knowledge of, that you can sustain. I am sure the narrative can't be different for GBV.
Nice one, really! Well done for the good job.

Well done Adebola.. This is not a one man's work, let us all keep spreading the awareness, take action in our various communities and stand up against gender based violence.