The Association of Female Comrades (AFC), a youth-led, women-focused non-governmental organisation, has launched a 30-day nationwide sensitization campaign aimed at tackling the growing scourge of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and ritual killings across Nigeria.

The campaign, which runs from July 1 to July 30, 2025, seeks to confront what the AFC describes as a “national emergency” of systemic abuse and killings targeting women and girls.

According to the official statement issued by the AFC National Executive Council, the initiative is a call to action—not only to raise awareness, but to mobilise communities, institutions, and leadership structures at all levels to act decisively.

“This campaign is not just about raising awareness—it is a movement of solidarity, education, and empowerment,” the statement read. “Silence is no longer an option.”

With operational structures in multiple states and an expansive network of state coordinators, the campaign will feature street-to-street engagement, community forums, school outreaches, grassroots mobilisation, and strategic media advocacy.

The AFC also plans to amplify survivor voices and promote systemic reforms through partnerships with civil society actors, religious institutions, traditional leaders, and the press.

The organisation issued a strong appeal to various sectors of society, urging:

Government institutions to implement and enforce policies that protect women and girls;

Traditional, religious, and community leaders to openly condemn harmful cultural practices and violence;

The media to amplify survivor narratives and demand accountability;

Young people, especially women, to rise as agents of change within their communities.

“Our goal is to build a Nigeria where women and girls live without fear—where walking freely is not a privilege but a right, and where ritual killings are a relic of the past,” the statement added.

The AFC emphasized that the campaign is not a symbolic gesture but a sustained call to dismantle the structural roots of gendered violence in Nigerian society.

“This is more than a march—it is a movement. And it begins now,” the organisation declared.

The launch signals a growing momentum in civic advocacy against gender-based crimes, as public outcry continues to mount nationwide over the rising incidents of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and ritual-related homicides.