A Public Service Announcement from the Thames Valley Police in the UK, titled Tea and Consent inspired my colleagues and I at ID Africa to do something similar, specifically targeted at the local Nigerian audience.
In our country, a lot of chatter is currently going on about rape. This has been made even more serious in the past few weeks as a result of new stories and reports on social media, blogs and even offline.
The situation is bad because several cases of abuse, such as spousal rape are not even being recognized or acknowledged across the country. Also, stigmatization of victims has led to many not willing to be identified, with most cases of rape going unreported.
It was in the news recently that only 18 convictions currently exist for rape cases in Nigeria’s legal history! Unbelievable, right?
Our little team decided to translate the UK video to fit the cultures and major languages of Nigeria, replacing tea, which is not as commonly consumed here as in the UK, with Jollof Rice, Nigerians’ favourite party food.
We are sharing this video now as part of our little contribution to a global campaign against sexual abuse and rape crimes, to coincide with the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, which commenced on November 25th.
Watch the video in other languages here.