The Vice Chancellor urged the forum to involve older women in its activities to provide mentorship and guidance, stressing that parental roles in shaping values remain critical to protecting girls from abuse.

He also encouraged self-defense training, vigilance, and stronger family values as preventive measures.

Earlier, LAWEF President, Halima Sadiya Mohammed, who led the delegation, explained that the aimed of the visit is to intimate the Vice Chancellor on the forthcoming programme of the Forum and to inform him of honouring him with on award.

According her the initiative is also aimed at fostering an inclusive society and tackling harassment of girls in the community.

Other members of the delegation included the Secretary-General, Salma Musa; Vice President, Adama Ibrahim; Organizer, Azizat Aminu; Treasurer, Maryam Issa; and members, Aisha Mohammed Mustafa and Habiba Mohammed Kobo.

In a vote of thanks, the Academic Secretary Hajiya Amina Yunusa Ndayako who represented the Registrar, Alhaji Idris Saleh Kusherki, encouraged the group to collaborate with IBBUL’s Centre for Gender Studies.