DSVRT
16 Dec
Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has called for collaboration between government and religious leaders, community leaders, gatekeepers and traditional rulers to prevent Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV).
9 Oct 2021
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), the agency charged with tackling sexual and gender based violence, yesterday held its annual commendation and awards night to round...
14 Jul 2021
A new report released yesterday by Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) said the state recorded 1,617 cases of sexual assaults in six months.
30 May 2021
As Lagos and Nigeria as a whole embraces the digital space even more, experts have said the fight against Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the state and country must step up, using technology to fight the menace....
22 May 2021
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has just concluded a three-day training for 140 nurses on the Provision of Psychosocial Support (PSS)
27 Feb 2021
Cases of domestic violence in Nigeria have taken an upward swing in recent weeks, especially the physical aspect of it.
19 Dec 2020
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has decried the rising crime of pedophilia and sexual assault against children and minors.
27 Aug 2020
In efforts to nip in the bud cases of rape and other forms of gender-based violence, Women Commission of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), is partnering with Senator Oluremi Tinubu...
24 Jun 2020
The African Youths Initiative on Crime Prevention (AYCRIP) in partnership with the Coalition of Men against Rape and Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has concluded plans to stage Surulere Walk Against Rape on Saturday, June 27 at Teslim Balogun Stadium, Lagos.
23 Apr 2020
The lockdown is putting into question many of the assumptions our society has made about traditional family roles, especially that of men. Traditionally, men have never really been the ones to stay confined...
11 Apr 2020
Just as Nigerians are trying to cope with the raging Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown measure announced by the Federal Government to curtail the spread...
1 Apr 2020
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) has said it will leverage on technology to assist victims of sexual abuses and domestic violence during the period of the lockdown occasioned by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
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