In collaboration with the ACT ‘Aspire Coronation Trust’ foundation the WARIF foundation, Women At Risk International Foundation (WARIF), a Non-Governm
In collaboration with the ACT ‘Aspire Coronation Trust’ foundation the WARIF foundation, Women At Risk International Foundation (WARIF), a Non-Governmental Organization is all set to train and equip traditional birth attendants with the necessary skills and provide the tools to identify and render first wave treatment to women who exhibit signs of and are affected by Gender based violence in their communities. In addition they proffer that these women visit crisis centers such as the WARIF rape crisis centre for further treatment and counselling.
The first training course for the birth attendants is set to hold on the 25th of October 2017, where facilitators from the WARIF center will instill these skills unto 550 TBA’s who are trusted members of their communities, serving as ‘gatekeepers’ to women a risk in many of these peri-rural and some urban communities across Lagos State. The training will include education on key indicators to look out for in the women they attend to, and also the training is set to provide basic first responders training on psycho-social counseling of the women.
Gender Based Violence (GBV) includes physical assault, sexual assault, rape, psychological torture and domestic violence. Due to the stigma in most of these areas, the survivors tend to either be too ashamed or afraid to report that they were victims of such heinous crimes; hence they are more likely to confide in the woman that birthed them or their children.
