FOUNDER OF MMAWT LEGACY INITIATIVE WAS A PANELIST AT A VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY SPOTLIGHT INITIATIVE WITH TRADITIONAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS ON ELIMINATING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCEThe Founder of MMAWT legacy initiative and wife of the Sokoto State Governor, Hajiya Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, today participated in a virtual roundtable conference organised by spotlight initiative with religious and traditional leaders to brainstorm and proffer solutions on ways to eliminate Gender-Based Violence and other harmful practices against women and girls in Nigeria.
The conference anchored by Mrs Moji Makanjuola, featured the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, His Eminence the Sultan Of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, and Archbishop Benebo Fubara-Manue of the Christian council of Nigeria among others spoke on the root causes of GBV, its prevalence in our society today and ways to curtail it.
In her contribution, Hajiya Maryam Mairo Tambuwal, emphasized on the domestication of the Child rights act, called for more legislations , Solicited and craved the pro-activeness of traditional rulers to put more measures in place in curbing these problems
especially as Spotlight initiative seems to have been embraced nationwide .
Meaningful Contributions and insights were also made by Representatives of the UN, UN Women, UNDP, traditional and religious leaders, Professor Mustapha,Representatives of Women Groups,and Representatives of Child Protection Networks, who all made commitments towards the fight against Gender-Based Violence.
Dr. Balbasatu Ibrahim
MMAWT Legacy initiative
06/ 08/2020