Bayelsa stakeholders lament increase in gender-based violence
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By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa
Stakeholders involved in gender-based advocacy have decried the rising cases of violence against women and rape of the girl child in Bayelsa State, saying 50 cases were recorded in the year 2020.
According to the advocacy groups led by the Do Foundation International, out of the 50 cases recorded, two convictions were secured while others are still pending in the law courts.
Barrister Dise Sheila Ogbise, while speaking during the inauguration of the new executives of the Do Foundation Intentional, Bayelsa chapter, led by Barrister Comfort Itoru, said “it is disheartening that abandonment of complaint by victims is a major set back in its fight against gender based violence as parties settle and abandon their cases.”