 No fewer than 50 schoolgirls of the Federal Government Girls' College FGGC YOLA have pledged to champion an advocacy against gender-based violence in Adamaa State. The students made the pledge on the sidelines of a one-day workshop on gender and social norms for girls in selected schools in the state. The project, which targets 250 schoolgirls, is organized by the Stone Town Foundation for Peace and Development in conjunction with Spotlight Initiative. Some of the students pledged to take the new message outside the school walls as according to them, they serve as impediment towards the realization of personal goals of members of the society. Gender-based violence comes in different cases. You see whereby a lady wears short clothes, short miniskirts and goes out into the society and it can attract the opposite sex and which can lead to rape and in the rape, in the essence of the rape, it can cause unwanted pregnancy. For those that are being perpetrated by their close relatives, it is more advisable that children should not be left alone at home with close relatives of opposite sex because you don't know what may happen at any time, temptations may come at any time. Parents should be listening, to have listening ears to their children because sometimes the children do not know how to avoid it but when the parents educate their children, they will be able to avoid it when it comes their way. Appreciating the organizers, the school's vice-principal said that the guest show could not have come at a better time. Tanimu heard the girls to pay attention to details for maximum impact. I'm sure the school has a club for this sensation on this so they are going to enlighten us more on this. Also speaking, district head of jury, Hamad Mustafa thanked the foundation and all its partners for their effort at curtailing gender-based violence in the state. I understand that we have our GBB club in the school so we educate you now on GBB as it starts on the courses, the effects and the course courses of this violence against women and girls in our society. He said girls must understand what constitutes gender-based violence in order to be able to guide against being victims of this courage.