Nigeria, Sept. 26 -- The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs has reaffirmed its commitment to working with religious leaders and civil society organisations such as the development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC), to combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria.

The Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, gave the assurance on Thursday in Abuja at the Stakeholder Dialogue on the Islamic Perspective on GBV Prevention and the launch of GBV Prevention Guides for Muslim Opinion Leaders (MOLs).

The event was organised by dRPC in collaboration with the Centre of Islamic Civilisation and Interfaith Dialogue (CICID), with support from the Ford Foundation.

Declaring the workshop open, Ms Sulaiman-Ibrahim, who was represented by Ai...