WARIF marches against sexual violence

Women at Risk International Foundation (WARIF) at the weekend reinforced the protest against sexual violence with its ‘No Tolerance Campaign’ march.

The non-profit organisation established to raise awareness and address the prevalence of rape, sexual violence and trafficking of young girls and women held its 2nd edition of No Tolerance march on Saturday.

According to Kemi Dasilva- Ibru, founder of WARIF, Nigeria responded and our citizens across the country stood with WARIF to say “No Tolerance” to rape and sexual violence and the digital campaign reached an estimate of 10 million people on social media.

She said that following the success of the campaign and the dire need for more awareness on issues of sexual violence, over the annual 16 days of activism to highlight gender-based violence globally, the maiden edition of the ‘ No Tolerance March’ was carried out in December 2019.

“This march brought together over 700 men and women, young and all from all works of life who walked 3km across the Lekki/ikoyi link bridge saying No Tolerance! to the issue of sexual violence,” Dasilva- Ibru said.

Meanwhile, this year, following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the #WARIfnotolerance March has gone online.

According to DasilvaIbru, since this year’s March is virtual, participants, friends, survivors and supporters of WARIF were encouraged to wear their No Tolerance Tshirts and march, jog, walk or run at home, on the bridge or in the streets to raise awareness to sexual violence.