Stop hitting women — Nollywood veteran RMD joins fight against gender based violence

Famous Nigerian actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, popularly known arsenic RMD, has joined successful the combat against gender-based unit successful Nigeria.

He took up the combat aft emerging arsenic a cardinal stakeholder successful the Male Feminists Network connected Friday.

In his remarks successful Abuja, the 65-year-old seasoned actor, called for much inclusion of women, particularly successful government.

He said, “Personally, erstwhile I did a movie 2 years ago, I had similar 80 percent women successful the crew. And I ever accidental to radical successful my profession, if you privation to person thing done successful government, enactment a pistillate successful charge, and you tin slumber with ‘your eyes closed.'”

He besides charged men not to objectify women but to dainty them with respect.

“Just springiness respect to women and dainty them similar quality beings. Or dainty them similar the mode you would dainty your girl oregon your wife, with respect, with dignity. You know, don’t objectify them, don’t perpetrate violence. Correcting them does not mean hitting and beating them. It is easier to speech to radical these days than to conscionable usage your fist.”

Speaking connected the combat against GBV, RMD urged men to instrumentality work for changing harmful attitudes and behaviors...