Fighting poverty as panacea to peace
The Lagos women2030, in collaboration with West African Network on Peace building, WNEC, organised a rally of peace walk and SDGs exhibition in commemoration of International Peace Day and SDGs Global Day of Action.
The Lagos women2030 took off from Allen roundabout to the governor’s office at Ikeja. Singing and driving home their point, the women focused on the importance of peace building and how this can be achieved to make life better for all.
“I turn on all warring parties to hand down their weapons and observe a global empire, Today we are saying stop the killing and the destruction and create spaces for lasting peace,” stated a speech read on behalf of the former UN Secretary General, Ban ki Moon. “This endless pains of violence in Nigeria with violence, terrorism and killing, ethnic clashes, communal conflicts, kidnappings, political violence, rape, robbery, ritual killing, forceful displacement, violence death and general insecurity ravaging our country Nigeria, leaving many dead, maimed, traumatized, displaced, homeless and very poor, especially women.
“This has breached the peace once enjoyed in the country.”
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The Peace Day, therefore, provides an opportunity for Lagos women2030 to condemn violence and perpetrators of violence, and to express, create awareness, educate, inform and show solidarity to those living in conflict areas.
The Executive Director of Echoes of Women in Africa, Louisa, said when a woman is poor, she has no peace. So, for a woman to come out of poverty means that she has peace.
Peace is all about letting women is partakers on decision-making and promotion of laws. Women are not only to be in the bed room, in the kitchen or other room.
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