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Nollywood actress, Stella Damasus-Aboderin on Monday urged Nigerian
women to promptly report cases of sexual molestation and abuse to the
relevant agencies.
Damasus spoke at programme organised by her organisation, ADIVA, weekend, to promote the rights of women and girls.
She expressed concern that many unreported cases of sexual violence had left a lot of women psychologically traumatised.
She
challenged mothers to develop a bond with their children especially
females, so that they could freely report cases of abuse or molestation
by the opposite sex.
“Many
parents have bottled up cases of rape that their daughters have gone
through due to the fear of being stigmatised by the society“
“Cases
like this, should be reported, so that the offenders can be brought to
book and debarred him from continuing such acts against other people.
In
a separate interview, Dorathy Njemanze, the founder of the Dorothy
Njemanze Foundation, urged mothers to pay attention to the upbringing of
their children.
“If you are a mother, and your daughter cannot confide in you, then you are a failure,” Njemanze said.
She
advised women to take advantage of several government and NGO platforms
established to handle cases of abuse against women. (NAN)
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