Gender Based Violence Data

In responding to gender-based violence, the ministry is involved in the following activities

• Referring survivors of gender-based violence for essential services such as health/medical services, safety and security services, legal services and shelter
• The ministry through the GBV centre provides psychosocial support to survivors of GBV by the psychologist
• The Ministry with support from UNFPA has provided GBV survivors sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) training, life skills and vocational training and start up kits to GBV survivors
• Provides conditional cash transfer to survivors
• Through Spotlight Initiatives interventions the ministry monitors and evaluate the activities of CSOs like GADA, GPI, e.t.c to stop the barbaric culture of MONEY WIVES and FGM in obanliku LGA
• Monitor and evaluate safe space centre in schools and second chance education in rural areas.

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTIONS

In preventing the occurrence of GBV in the state the ministry has done the following:

• Conducted sensitization campaigns across the 18 LGAs on the dangers and effects of GBV
• Advocacy visits have been conducted during the 16 days of activism, to the speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Chief Judge of the state, and Commissioner of Police Cross River state police Command.
• Advocacy visits to traditional rulers, religious leaders e.t.c
• Radio and television programmes on sexual and gender bases violence to the people of cross river state’
• Introduction of GBV into the school curriculum

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE CORDNATION MEETING

The Ministry coordinates GBV activities through the following channels

• Gender based violence technical working group meeting with supported from the UNFPA
• Gender based violence Task force team meeting with support from the CCCRN
• Child protection network team meeting with support from the UNICEF
• GBV M&E Technical Working Group meeting with support from the FRED
• OVC M&E Technical working group meeting with support from the CCCRN

EXISTING LAWS AND POLICIES OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

In order to address to GBV in accordance to international best practices, the ministry has the existing laws and policies in place

• Gender Policy Strategic and Implementation Framework (2019-2023)
• Violation Against Persons Prohibition Laws sign December 2021
• Child Right Law 2004
• Cross River State Female Persons Inheritance of Property Law 2007
• The Girl Child Marriage and Female Circumcision (Prohibition)Law 2000
• Domestic Violence and Maltreatment of Widows (Prohibition)Law 2004
• Cross River State Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill,2015
• Apart from the existing laws and policies, for system strengthening, the ministry has the Standard Operating Procedure, Referral Pathways, Gender Based Violence Centre.