By D. Enoch Sandoe in Rivercess, Liberia
Many cases relating to Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) are being lost in Liberia’s southeastern Rivercess County because gender actors are not playing their proper role, a local official has said.
“We are losing SGBV cases because our people are weak to play their role in the community and educate their people,”.Henry M.K, Jebbie, Rivercess Gender Coordinator said at the weekend,
He did not however say how many SGBV cases have been lost in Rivercess. But over the years, the rate of such cases has gone up,
Jebbie was speaking at a one-day Sexual Gender Base Violence seminar intended to restrengthen gender actors in Rivercess County has ended in the provincial capital, Cestos City.
The one day seminar was sponsored by the Ministry of Gender Children Protection Section and it brought together gender actors in the county and was meant to re-strengthen and identify gaps among gender actors across Rivercess County.
Jabbie said the one day seminar was meant to reinvigorate gender actors in the county and train them to understand their role.
The Rivercess County Gender Boss called on religious leaders to educate their congregation in their sermons.
“We want the religious leaders to to follow the footsteps of the late Bishop Michael Francis who was not only preaching the words of God but was also speaking on ills in the society,” Jabbie said,
Those who attended the seminar included representatives of the Ministries of Health, Education, Justice, Finance, religions community, Liberia National Police, National Human Rights Commission, Disabled,Civil Society groups, the Independent Media, among others.