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…
To celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child, CHELD anchored a session to equip young female undergraduates on carving out a niche in careers. It was an interactive session and participants learnt practical steps to network, volunteer, begin, improve and progress in careers as young people. Participants were also taught how to choose, and…
Period poverty which is women and girls’ inadequate access to sanitary products and education, is an extension of the widespread poverty existing in Nigeria. With 95.1 million people projected to be living below the poverty line in 2022[1] amid extremely scarce resources, there is little emphasis placed on providing menstrual hygiene and health products…