The First Lady of Anambra State, Nonye Soludo, says the alarming rate of violence recorded in many homes in Nigeria now is as a result of prevailing economic hardship.
Mrs Soludo said this at the Anambra Women’s Health Summit to commemorate this year’s women’s August meeting.
The event was hosted in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
She said:
“I think the level of violence in homes today is fuelled by hardship.
“Gender based violence is not not just about men beating their wives, but some women beat men too. It could be through the way you talk to your husband.
“There is hardship in the land we all know, men and women are feeling it equally, but I want to advice you to talk less, respect your husbands, and carry yourself well before them.
“The way you talk carelessly can lead a hot tempered man hit you. So you must know when to talk. Look for away to settle with your husband long before you have issues, and not at very height of an argument.
“Women are smart even though the man is the head, but the woman is the neck. You control the head and direct where it looks, but you must do it in a way that the head will not feel you are becoming overbearing, If not that can lead to trouble”.
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