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Distinguished ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you so much for honouring our invitation.
Today is the International day for the Elimination of all Forms of Violence Against Women.
We are here to share and reinforce our commitment to ending VAW and ‘leaving no one behind.’
The Women’s Crisis Centre started out in Owerri, Imo State in 2002 as a community based organisation empowering the community to end VAW as part of a MacArthur Fund for Leadership Development Grant. Since then it has grown and has provided legal and counselling services and training to more than 5000 men and women around the world.
In 2002 we set up the first shelter for victims and trained community advocates to mediate domestic conflicts in Owerri, Imo State. In 2010 we ran a series of lectures and a free family law clinic in Abuja that reached hundreds. Since 2011 we have counselled and advised thousands…
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