Action positive pour l’accès au traitement, (PATA) est bénéficiaire d'une subvention de l'AWDF depuis 2006. PATA s'efforce de garantir que chaque personne atteinte d'une maladie ou d'une affection, surtout les femmes et les filles, avoir accès à un traitement, ainsi que des soins équitables et humains. AWDF’s most recent support to PATA has included funding a monthly radio programme addressing a range of issues on gender based violence on Eko 86.76Fm in Lagos.

On Saturday 25th May, PATA’s radio show dealt with the issue of rape, which included a lively phone in when the public called to share their thoughts, comments and questions around rape and sexual violence. The resource persons for this edition included Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, AWDF’s Communications Specialist, and Bose Ironsi, the Executive Director of Women’s Rights and Health Project in Nigeria. In conversation with Olabisi Omidire, the show’s hostess, the resource persons explained the definition of rape and clarified that rape is always about power and control. A myth which the resource people continuously rebuffed was the notion that the way a woman dresses could in some way lead to her being sexually assaulted.

As part of the radio programme, a short drama produced for PATA by Omololo Olubode was also aired. Click below to listen to the audio.

An Omololu Olubode drama produced by PATA