{"id":8389,"date":"2024-07-10T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T10:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=8389"},"modified":"2024-07-10T10:43:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T10:43:47","slug":"conceal-a-sexual-offense-go-to-jail-for-3-years-lagos-dsva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/conceal-a-sexual-offense-go-to-jail-for-3-years-lagos-dsva\/","title":{"rendered":"Conceal a Sexual Offense, Go to Jail for 3 Years: Lagos DSVA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) met with members of Ojodu LCDA&#8217;s Community Development Committee (CDC) at their monthly meeting on July 9, 2024, to further propagate the message against sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8390 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b0151c82-7ec5-4a27-bf6c-d9dfa7cd4366-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b0151c82-7ec5-4a27-bf6c-d9dfa7cd4366-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b0151c82-7ec5-4a27-bf6c-d9dfa7cd4366-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b0151c82-7ec5-4a27-bf6c-d9dfa7cd4366-640x853.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/b0151c82-7ec5-4a27-bf6c-d9dfa7cd4366.jpeg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In keeping with the agency&#8217;s mission to eradicate SGBV, the Executive Secretary, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, emphasized the importance of ongoing communication with CDAs. She highlighted that concealing a sexual offense is punishable under the law and could result in a three-year jail term. She urged participants to report such incidents promptly to ensure justice is served to perpetrators of SGBV crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Segun Fayemi, Chairman of the CDC, welcomed the visiting delegation and outlined the organization&#8217;s goals. He expressed gratitude to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his leadership and promised the community leaders&#8217; ongoing assistance in eradicating the menace of SGBV.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8391 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9fbb2efe-be6c-4463-b52f-462eb76ee6bb-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9fbb2efe-be6c-4463-b52f-462eb76ee6bb-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9fbb2efe-be6c-4463-b52f-462eb76ee6bb-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9fbb2efe-be6c-4463-b52f-462eb76ee6bb-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9fbb2efe-be6c-4463-b52f-462eb76ee6bb-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/9fbb2efe-be6c-4463-b52f-462eb76ee6bb.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The agency&#8217;s Community Engagement Representative, Ms. Opemipo Ogunse, briefed participants on the severity of sexual and gender-based violence and outlined the reporting guidelines. She described the agency&#8217;s services, the cooperation with the Police Family Support Unit (FSU), and the appropriate reporting procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The questions and answers session allowed for open interactions among community members. Additionally, SGBV awareness materials were distributed to attendees, who were also given access to the toll-free number 08000 333 333.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) met with members of Ojodu LCDA&#8217;s Community Development Committee (CDC) at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8393,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8389\/revisions\/8393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}