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THE Chief Medical Director of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Professor Adetokunbo O. Fabamwo has condemned the unprecedented increase in the rate of violence against women in Nigeria and the world at large.
Professor Fabamwo stated this while delivering a paper at the Medical Women’s Association of Nigeria (MWAN) first hybrid and 43rd Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference with the theme: ‘Gender-Based Violence: A Silent Pandemic’, and sub-themes for discussion on ‘Medical Practice in COVID-19 Era and Beyond, COVID-19 and the Well-being of Women and Children and Achieving Financial Independence while Saving Lives.’’
The CMD described GBV as a violence directed at an individual based on his or her biological sex or gender identity which include physical, serial, verbal, emotional and physical abuse, threats, coercion, economic or educational deprivation which could occur in public or private life.