Nigeria, April 15 -- The Development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC), a non-profit organisation, has initiated a programme to fight gender-based violence (GBV) in Kano and Jigawa states.

The initiative, Grannies Network for Change (G-NEC), was launched in Kano on Monday with the aim to mobilise grandmothers for addressing the growing menace in the North-west region.

The Kano State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Amina Sani, said the scheme focuses on grandmothers because they are the primary "custodians of culture and moral values" in communities.

The commissioner explained that the project's strategy is grounded in a groundbreaking research conducted by the dRPC.

She said the research revealed that within multi...