For a long time, women and girls have been victims/survivors of gender-based Violence (GBV) who required protection, education, and empowerment to advocate for their human rights.[1] As a result, efforts to reduce GBV have been directed primarily toward women and girls. While this is still vital in the fight against GBV, there is an emerging need…
Centre for Health Ethics, Law and Development (CHELD) alongside the Women Arise Developmental and Humanitarian Initiative (WADHI), facilitated an interactive workshop to outline effective protocols for the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The institutional capacity-building workshop was aimed at strengthening the VAPP department of the National Agency for the Prohibition…
Trafficking in persons within states in the Northwest is on the increase. This activity is majorly carried out on unmanned border routes. In addition, the high level of poverty, banditry and low agriculture yield which is associated with climate change, also drive human trafficking in this region. Furthermore, trafficking in persons is made easier in…
The Country Gender Profile for Nigeria was prepared by CHELD in collaboration the British Council for the European Union. It provides an understanding of gender equality challenges and opportunities, the position and roles of girls, boys, women, and men, in all their diversity, in society, as well as the distribution of resources and power between…