By Emmanuel Mafelah, mafelahemmanuel29@gmail.com
GBARNGA, Liberia-In addition increased sensitization and training, the Delta Human Rights Foundation, a non-profit organization in Liberia with support from the UNDP, is said to be providing incentives to step up the fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the country.
The organization recently concluded two days of intensive training with several women groups in Gbaota, Jorquelleh District in the central Bong County.
The awareness campaign is being sponsored by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
This SGBV awareness campaign brought together seven women’s groups which includes; the Welekama Women Group in Gbartala, Yelequelleh District, Good Semiraintant Women in Seyea, Suakoko District, the Concerned Women Group in Gbarnga, Wolama women Group in Gbarnga, among others.
Jesse Barshu Cole, the Founder and Chief Executive Director of the DELTA Human Rights Foundation, said the training was meant in order to widen members of the different women organizations understanding on SGBV against women and children.
Mr. Cole acknowledged that the training was also intended to allow women have access to Human Rights related issues and be adequately inform or educated about their role and responsibilities in mitigating the crime.
“Today, we have gathered you all together here to tell you that violence against women is a crime. When you go back into your communities please help to inform your husband’s, your children, including everybody to stop beating on their wives, stop assaulting our girl children, and to our men, let protect our women and teenagers,” the human rights advocate said.
Mr. Cole then disclosed that the women groups, after they have been trained to go out in their respective communities with the awareness messages, will be given $350.00 United States Dollars each to serve as an ambassadors in the different communities.
For their part, participants who attended the training, extended commendations to the foundation for the knowledge acquired and then promised to take the awareness messages into their respective communities.