STOP THE HARASSMENT OF WOMEN IN THE MARKET AND PUBLIC PLACES BY TRADERS AND TOUTS
- Target:
- LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
- Region:
- Nigeria
Most girls living in Nigeria have been constantly harassed and molested by traders in the Market place. In every 10 girls, 8 has a story to tell about the horrible molestation, insults and assaults we face every time we go to the market. The traders do not only insult and call us names, some of them go ahead and touch us indiscriminately. And sometimes when we try fighting back, we are overpowered, pushed, beaten and shamed. This has absolutely nothing to do with how we are dressed. Many of us have been experiencing this since we were teenagers in uniform!
Every lady who have ever been to Tejuosho, Balogun, Alaba, Tradefair and Yaba market can testify to this.
Our mothers can testify to this. It's been going on for so many years. It needs to stop! The traders need to stop harassing us. You can sell your wares without touching or calling us names. You can sell your wares without insulting and molesting us. No woman deserves to be tortured emotionally just for going to the market place.
Make our market safe for women and girls. Teenage girls are not excluded from this harassment. It needs to stop!
We the undersigned call on the Lagos state House of Assembly and our law enforcement to Notify Market leaders and enforce sanity in our markets. Make our markets and public space safe for our girls and women. We do not deserve the constant harassment we get even when we are very decently dressed!
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The STOP THE HARASSMENT OF WOMEN IN THE MARKET AND PUBLIC PLACES BY TRADERS AND TOUTS petition to LAGOS STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE was written by OMOTOYOSI OGUNBANWO and is in the category Gender Rights and Issues at GoPetition.