An Enugu-based Non Governmental Organisation, Boys Champions (BC), has trained 120 boys on how to end Gender-Based Violence (GBV) against girls and women.<\/P>
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BC is a non-profit organisation that leverages mentorship, sports, education, peace building and empathy to empower boys, founded by the United Nation award-winning Nigeria, Noel Alumona, in 2018.<\/P>
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boys, who were drawn from different schools in Enugu State.<\/P>
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A Team Member of BC, Chukwunonso Okolo, said the mentorship training was aimed at making young people better people in the society and teaching them how to respect girls and women.<\/P>
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He added that the training would help to raise responsible boys and men who would take actions to end violence against women and girls.<\/P>
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According to Okolo, the training will further reshape boys thinking of dominance and superiority over girls.<\/P>
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\u201cWe are actually making them to understand that both sexes can actually coexist and still achieve their dreams in life without suppressing the other because of their gender.<\/P>
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\u201cWe want to fix the society by mentoring these boys on the danger of GBV as we believed that fixing the boys will make the society a better place.<\/P>
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\u201cWe want them to understand there is no competition among boys and girls and this will make them not to hit their wives when they marry,\u201d he said.<\/P>
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Okolo explained that the project focused on boys, stressing \u201cif they are fixed, GBV would be minimized.<\/P>
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\u201cSo today, we are training about 120 boys from different schools in Enugu.<\/P>
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\u201cAnd, it is going to be an interactive session as they will be allowed to ask basic questions and their perception on gender equality,\u201d he said.<\/P>
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He said that the founder had it rough, which made him to share his experience to help younger ones.<\/P>
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\u201cIf you know him very well, whatever we are doing at BC it\u2019s actually his life story,\u201d he added.<\/P>
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Taking the boys on the topic \u201cGuys vs Girls: Building Healthy Relationship,\u201d a BC facilitator, Onyekachukwu Asado, said there was nothing wrong for boys relating with girls if they do it right.<\/P>
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He said that things that kept him and family going was those things he learnt while growing, urging them not to claim superiority over their girlfriends.<\/P>
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A participant, Michael Omotayo from the Good Shepherd Anglican Secondary School, commended the organisers, saying the experience he gathered would help him in treating women well.<\/P>
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\u201cI learnt that both genders are equal,\u201d he said. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)<\/P>
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria<\/P>
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