Rape, Sexual Harasment, And Gender Based Violence

In 2020, in the wake of a worldwide lockdown that had families stay together for extended periods, there was an upshoot in the cases of rape and sexual crimes, gender based violence. FEYReP was at the very forefront of fighting this monster menace as its advocacy to an end in these kinds of crimes led to the domestication of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act which was passed into Law in Akwa Ibom State in the same year 2020. FEYReP’s advocacy extended beyond just pushing for a law. FEYReP directly tackled the crime by facilitating the arrest and arraignment of perpetrators, rescue and rehabilitation of victims, provision of legal counsel and psychological counsel. FEYReP aso led a statewide town hall meetings to the ten (10) Federal Constituencies in the state to engage the people at all levels and get them on board the push to end the social menace of rape and related violent crimes. FEYReP also, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund set up a Gender-Based Violence Preventive Centre in the state with the primary aim to address the behemoth elements.