Blog 10- Nigeria: Lagos to Curb Violence Against Women

Nigerian women are still struggling through violent acts, poverty, discrimination, and inequality. Many women are coming together and working together to end violence, attempt to control HIV/AIDS, environmental protection, and to maintain a sustainable livelihood in Lagos. The Campaign for Democracy and Women Arise organization both encouraged these women to speak up and push for what they believed in order to make change really happen for the women of Lagos and Nigeria. These two organizations believe that it would help pull their country out of the economic and political depression they are currently experiencing. The Community Peoples Initiative Against AIDS was another organization that addressed issues that concerned the people and mainly women that live in a developing economy. They address problems on the amount of violence and how that correlates to the spreading and prevalence of HIV/AIDS. The government and law enforcement of Nigeria are engaging in ways to prevent violence and beginning to address violent acts. However, they are not confronting these acts in a timely manner that is expected. It is still not their number one priority to help the victims of violence in their country. Nigeria is currently working on controlling the amount of violent encounters, which is leading to a better environment and better control of the spreading disease. The Lagos State Government has accepted these challenges and have continued to improve, enforce, and regulate violence against women and at the same time attempt to control the spread of HIV/AIDS.
I think that the organizations involved in this movement  have high expectations and great values placed on this issue. They are trying to address it effectively and in a timely  manner as well. They are promoting the well-being of women in developing countries and economies, while at the same time trying to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. They have studied it and recognized the correlation between violence acts toward women and the amount of people who are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. I think continuing to enforce these new laws and regulations will help women feel more secure and safe in their own community.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201304140124.html

Lauren Doss
4/15/2013
12:51 pm