In a bid to ensure no community is left behind in the fight against all forms of Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Lagos State, the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team,DSVRT, has begun a six-month intensified campaign against all forms of Sexual Violence.

The aim of the campaign is to drive increased awareness within the populace, improve on coordination of response and more effective prosecution of cases with better witness corroboration, and ultimately a reduction in the number of Sexual and Gender Based Violence cases within the State.

According to DSVRT Coordinator, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the DSVRT will be embarking on intensive sensitisation campaigns at communities like Fagba, Ajuwon, Surulere, Ikeja, Kosofe, Ikorodu, Iwaya, Epe, Badagry, Onike, Ijanikin, Ojo, Idimu, Lagos Island, Alimosho and Agege.

Vivour-Adeniyi also said inner communities in Badore, Sangotedo, Oke Yaya, Owutu will also not be left out of the intensive campaign to reach out to at least two million Lagosians.

She said the campaign would be conducted through door-to-door canvassing, engagement of children in schools, town hall meetings, market rallies, engagement at religious gatherings, and visitation to salons.

There would also be an extensive media outreach through Billboards, radio and television jingles in English, pidgin and other indigenous languages,” Vivour-Adeniyi said.

The DSVRT Coordinator also said the Team would ensure that relevant details on Domestic Violence prevention are distributed through Local Governments and Marriage Registries to intending couples.

She said the aim of the six months intensive campaign is to drive increased awareness within the populace, improve on coordination of response and more effective prosecution of cases with better witness corroboration, and ultimately a reduction in the number of SGBV cases within the State.