A Non-governmental organisation, Stand to End Rape Initiative (STER) has urged women to come out, participate in politics and not remain in the back seat.

This was made known yesterday in Lagos by the program officer of the group, Mr. Adeniyi Hussain at a two-day training for journalists, civil society and others with a theme: ‘Amplifying Women’s Political Participation in Nigeria for the 2027 Elections.’

Hussain said as a group we are committed to building a society where all individuals, particularly women and girls, can fully participate in politics, social, and economic life without discrimination or violence supported by the German Embassy.

According to Hussain, the essence of the town hall meeting was as a result of the research carried out by their group in 2021.

“The research was a result of violence women face during politics and the result we got was very alarming such as sexual violence, physical assault and part of efforts to reduce the violence is to support advocacy, when that Special seat bill about women is being passed into law, men we know that a particular seat is for female alone they will not want to compete with the female in governance.”