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Boko Haram: 214 Rescued Girls Pregnant
Following the latest rescue of additional 234 women and children by the Nigerian Army from the Sambisa Forest in Borno State, indicated, yesterday, that a sizeable number of the rescued girls were visibly pregnant, even as unofficial reports put the latest number of pregnant girls in one of the camps in Borno as at last Saturday at 214.
Giving this indication in Lagos, Executive Director, UNFPA, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, also disclosed that in the last one year, the organization had taken deliveries of over 16,000 pregnancies in the troubled North East part of the country.
Osotimehin, while giving update of the response to the rehabilitation of the rescued women and children, said the organization, in anticipation of the magnitude of the problem on hand, had put in place a formidable team in collaboration with the Federal and state governments, to first restore the dignity of the girls, who, he said, are facing severe psychosocial trauma.
On the state of the girls, he explained that most of them, due to the long period spent in captivity, required a special set of services that would facilitate their integration into society.
“What we found is that some of the women and girls that have come back actually have much more in terms of the stress they have faced, so the counselling has to be more intense and working with them one-on-one.
“I’m glad the communities are not excommunicating them and are taking them back. That is an important therapy too. We anticipate this is going to escalate because the military intervention is continuing, we find that more people are now needing our services and we will continue,” he stated.
Further, he explained that the UNFPA had earlier collaborated with the Federal and state governments to train 60 counsellors to offer psychosocial services to the affected women and children. He noted that those trained were people from the communities, who understand the context and sociology of the people.
“UNFPA is providing dignity for women. In conflict and disasters, most people would only think of water and sanitation, provision of tents and housing, and food, which are all important. But women and girls have specific needs that nobody else looks after; it is only UNFPA that is doing this. We are giving psychosocial counselling.
“Beyond that, in the growing young people, we will always have pregnant women, but nobody segregates the needs of the pregnant women which are very important and different from the needs of the average community. We look after them, and ensure they get antenatal care and that they deliver properly and that they even get Caesarean Section when necessary.
Culled from Vanguard
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Hello Haters
May 4, 2015 at 1:04 pm
Damn these bastards what kind of religion is this?
Single Woman
May 4, 2015 at 10:51 pm
Man Up!!!
Men need to tell other men and the next generation of men that true masculinity protects women and children rather than exploits them.
cholwe
May 4, 2015 at 1:37 pm
awe mwandi, God knows them.
Lesa ni Palobe
May 4, 2015 at 11:03 pm
Heartbreaking. This is another reason why I’m an atheist. What God would allow stuff like this to happen?
natmofya
May 4, 2015 at 2:36 pm
boko haram crew need to die slow death once captured…so that they feel it.
tutu
May 4, 2015 at 2:41 pm
no news there,d@ was expected..boko alenyenga ubwaila no bwacha
king Solomon
May 4, 2015 at 5:57 pm
Nigerian Army should pound these bastards ruthlessly. It’s PAY BACK time boys.Bring your leader alive il pay you u$100,000 each.
jobreaker
May 5, 2015 at 6:48 am
wow 214 pregnant….it really makes me wonder how an Islamic mind works,they seem to have a suicidal mentality, somehow their hatred surpasses logic, they bomb themselves just because of girls believing alla will bless them with 9 virgins..they want girls here and girls in heaven, even if its the truth you are only breaking 9 virgins then enjoy the everlasting life with them, two years in heaven they will definitely not feel like virgins,those are u life partners,this a religion that upnd wants to empower so that Zambians will not be guided by biblical principles anymore.
jobreaker
May 5, 2015 at 6:55 am
exact words from a guy called edu who believes that upnd should make this country a religious state instead of a Christian nation, giving power to mosques to affect government decisions,just like the churches do, take note religions have different beliefs,others teach an eye for an eye whilst others teach an eye for an eye makes the world blind,putting Zambia as a so called RELIGIOUS NATION gives power to other religions to actually even argue with other church beliefs and u find others can not take it if they are beaten in a debate,they claim you have insulted their god,then the heat comes