Rape – Christian Group Wants Early Sex Education At Churches, Mosques
The Women’s Wing of the Christian Council of Nigeria (WOWICCN) has
called for sex education at homes to reduce cases of rape and violence
against women in the society.
National President of the Association, Rev. Omatsola Williams, gave the
advice at a rally organised by association tagged: Say No to Violence
against Children’ on Saturday in Abuja.
She advocated the teaching of sex education in schools, homes,
Churches, and Mosques so that the children would learn through
different approved means and not from the wrong people.
“Sex education is not being taught in schools anymore, parents don’t
even teach children sex education in their homes.
“Nigerians should wake up and have a world free of rape and violence
on our children, women or man-to-man.
“It is still violence when young boys now are been kept in hotels for
men to go and meet them; violence is not only when you are giving a
physical combat.
According to her, violence on children is taking a new dimension.
“Our children are sexually assaulted be it boy or girl; our under aged
children are being sold like goods; our children are used to perform
rituals, where are we heading?
“Parents in the name of poverty go to the extent of selling children or
encouraging our young girls to be pregnant and produce children to
sell to people out there.
“This is not Christian like; women claiming tit for tat, that is not the
kind of life we were been brought up with,” she said.
Mrs. Williams advised that Nigerians should go back to the drawing
board and look into the way of living with each other and everybody
should be each other’s keeper.
“I want us to have a change of heart, calm ourselves down, think
inwards and think of the future of our children, there no reason why
we will not harness our thoughts together,” Mrs. William said.
Earlier, Uzoaku Williams, National Secretary, WOWICCN, said that the
foundation of every child matters a lot because character formation
begins from the home.
Mrs. Williams noted that the virtue inculcated in children has a lot of
role to play in the development of the children.
“The foundation of every child starts from home; mothers have a role
to play in the homes.
“We should be agents of change in the virtues we inculcate into our
children, to be what we deserve to be and to be a watch eye to the
children.
“In our societies we have seen situations whereby children will not be
able to talk, rape of little children of different age groups, rape of
women, violence against women, child trafficking and prostitution,”
she said.
She also called on governments to take up their responsibility and
come up with solutions that would end the barbaric act of rape and
violence against children and women.
