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What Next as Akwa Ibom Domesticates the VAPP Law
Implementation of the Law prohibiting Violence Against Persons Prohibition; VAPP, a Law domesticated in Akwa Ibom State in June 2020, and the need to explore workable solutions,gets underway 18 months after its passage. The documentary…
How Sokoto, Lagos residents are tackling sexual, gender-based violence
On Friday, July 9, Ifeoma Chukwuemeka (real name withheld) left Awka, capital of Anambra State, unaccompanied to Lagos on the invitation of one ‘Aunty Doris’ who had promised to take care of her in Nigeria’s commercial capital.
The…
Childhood Interrupted by Rape – A Documentary by Kimberly Nwachukwu
It is widely thought that in most cases of rape, the offender is a stranger. The fact is the majority of people who commit rape know their victims and, in some cases, are relatives, friends, neighbours, or colleagues.
This is a story of…
Our tales of sexual and gender-based violence, by teachers
Lecturers face sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), but it is not usually reported like when it happens to students. They told KOFOWOROLA BELO-OSAGIE why they do not like to talk about experiences that left them traumatised and what can…
Report Women! WSCIJ launches survey development and Source Guide teams
A survey development team has been commissioned to investigate and collate data on the gender parity ratio of men to women across the executive management teams and board members of 84 media organisations in Nigeria by the Wole Soyinka…
Ochanya Ogbanje: ‘Three years afta her death, we still dey find justice’
"As she dey waka come meet me for di front of her house, her waka dey slow. Her face no shine. She just dey untie and re-tie her wrapper. She smile small shake my hand as we greet. As she raise her eyes look me, I no fit tell if she dey…