 A group under the auspices of women's situation in room Nigeria has called on Nigerians, political actors to disease from perpetrating violence against women during the electoral process. The group stated these are the one-day consultative dialogue with strategic stakeholders or the aim of raising their voices against women or violence against women, harassment and intimidation. Blast of these correspondents have been under the revised report as presented from our studios. The continuous violence against women has relegated them to the background of electoral activities. This dialogue brings key stakeholders to seek solutions to violence against women in order for their voices to be heard. The convener of women's situation in room Nigeria, Kaduna State, Kautume Abdulaziz, says 60% of women experience political and emotional violence. One of the key outcomes of this event is that women came out equivocally to talk about meeting times because sometimes some of these meetings are at night and as the Nigerian culture has it, it's very difficult for women to go out at such times. So this is one of the factors that hinders women from participating meaningfully and constructively in political competition, calling on all to support women who are capable to take on leadership roles, to support them wholeheartedly, sincerely and intentionally. The keynote speaker Bukalajaw says any form of violence is an offence as contained in the Kaduna State V.A.P. law. To create an awareness to the participants and they are really being enriched to know of all these offenses that are captured in the law. See something, say something. If you are a neighbour and your neighbour is going through violence, do not say it is not my business. It is everybody's business. They also maintain that the affirmative action on women is just on paper, stressing the need for a level playing ground for all. The inclusiveness of bringing women on board and all that but there is just something like they are saying this and another thing is happening. Even the issue of saying that they've given women free forms of 50%, I'm not down with it because where you don't contribute, you don't have a say. So it's indirectly controlling our status again in that kind of cycle. Committee of this party sometimes call for meeting 2 a.m. As a married woman, you don't expect her to be in the cycle of this man. So they should try and understand that. Let's have more women and if there is going to be meetings should be comfortable. We just want a free playing ground, not just we're not trying to say, okay, it has to be this, no. But if there should be a meeting, for goodness sake, 2 a.m., it doesn't make sense. Some of the participants commend the engagement which has broadened their knowledge. As long as women are not empowered, education first. Once you're educated and you're empowered, most of the time they won't dump trash at women like small bag of rice, 2,000, 5,000, no. But because some people are not empowered, so everything will be thrown at them. Shoes that are actually stopping women from actually participating in politics and how it can be avoided and then how violence against women can actually be avoided. And for us that attend this, I will advise each and every one of us to carry this message Nigeria is the first country to run this model of a situation rule and has kept improving to ensure that all elections in the country are peaceful and women, youths play a substantive role in sustaining peace in communities, states and national levels. Updates