Policy Briefing Notes on Gender Based Violence End Rape Now!

I am against rape and every form of Gender based Violence. Most times, when we speak out against rape and rapists, some people look at us as feminists. That’s because majority of the people involved in this campaign are women. But rape really has no gender. Our boys are sexually assaulted every now and then especially the younger ones.

Some of us have seen the destructive effect of rape while many have experienced it first hand and therefore do not need anyone to tell them what it feels like.
RAPE is a crime against humanity. It is the violation of one’s human rights and has no gender.
In my work as an activist, I have met many young people whose lives were ruined because they were raped sometimes ago. While some are living with the feeling of insecurity, lack of trust towards all and other psychologically related traumas. So many women and young girls have ended up with unwanted pregnancies, HIV aids, vesicle vaginal fistula and other sexually transmitted diseases. Those who were not so lucky like Uwa Omozuwa and ….. did not live to tell their stories as their journeys on Earth were terminated untimely.

A Rapist is a thief: They still the future of our children and threaten them with death. They take advantage of their victim’s helplessness and silence and perpetrate the act because they believe that no one will stop them… Not anymore!

Rapists are murderers. The attempt to cover up their evil acts leaves them with no better idea than to murder their victims.

Rape has no gender, and should not be seen as a female thing. Few weeks ago, I was privileged to speak on this topic and to my greatest surprise, many men testified about how they were sexually assaulted while growing up.
A man can also be gang raped, so why make it look like rape is a female thing!