National Independent Church of Africa (NICA)
Commitment description:The National Independent Church of Africa (NICA) is a church organization founded in Kenya in 1964. NICA has been advocating for elimination of gender-based violence, harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage, for over 15 years.
We believe that all human beings are made in the image and likeness of God. We also believe that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, whom we receive from God, and there we are not our own.
On this occasion of the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25, we commit:
· To establish a formal institutional position against all forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including child, early and forced marriage, as well as female genital mutilation;
· To use our structures and spaces in advocacy and community educ toation all forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including child, early and forced marriage, as well as female genital mutilation;
· To use our structures and spaces in the active promotion of eradication of all forms of discrimination against women and girls;
It is our prayer that development stakeholders will join us in actualizing these commitments. Thank you and God bless you.
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.
