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Campaign launched against girl child trafficking. – Daily Pioneer
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Campaign launched against girl child trafficking. – Daily Pioneer

An awareness programme was organized by Sahyogini at Patki Utkramit High School located in Petarwar block against girl child trafficking here on Tuesday. While the incident of child trafficking is a big challenge of our society and awareness is most necessary to stop it.  Trafficking cases are coming more on the pretext of getting married…

NGO Takes Campaign Against Human Trafficking To Secondary Schools – Naija News
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NGO Takes Campaign Against Human Trafficking To Secondary Schools – Naija News

An NGO, Network Against Child Labour (NETACL), has sensitised secondary school students to the dangers of child trafficking and child labour. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the sensitisation took place in two different schools, Nagari College and Government Girls Secondary School, Junju both in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital. The sensitisation, which is…

Women in their 30s 'caught trafficking three girls under 16' | Loop Jamaica
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Women in their 30s 'caught trafficking three girls under 16' | Loop Jamaica

Police seeking to clamp down on players in the deadly child trafficking scheme, which continues to leave families across the island devastated, say they have apprehended two women who they believe are facilitators in the underground ring. Police say the women are in their 30s and were apprehended in a recent operation. Details of the…

What is grooming? – Opoyi
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What is grooming? – Opoyi

Child grooming, or simply grooming, is an act of befriending a child and establishing an emotional connection manipulatively, with intentions of sexual assault. Grooming is the predecessor to sexual assault, wherein an abuser establishes trust with the child so as to limit the child’s inhibitions. Many abusers groom young children in order to lure them…

NAPTIP rescues 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi – Ripples Nigeria
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NAPTIP rescues 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi – Ripples Nigeria

The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi State. The NAPTIP Zonal Commander in-charge of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States, Misba’u Iya-Kaura, confirmed the development to journalists on Saturday in Birnin Kebbi. READ ALSO: NAPTIP rescues teenager from suspected human traffickers in Anambra He said…

Akwa Ibom: 12 minors rescued as NAPTIP bursts child trafficking syndicates
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Akwa Ibom: 12 minors rescued as NAPTIP bursts child trafficking syndicates

No fewer than 12 minors have been rescued after the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Akwa Ibom state command burst child trafficking syndicates along the Calabar-Itu Road in Itu local government area of the state. NAPTIP zonal head in-charge of Akwa Ibom, Tina Ugwu, said Monday in Uyo that NAPTIP…

Delta ‘Take It Back’ Coordinator, Aghogho Appears In Court, Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Charges
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Delta ‘Take It Back’ Coordinator, Aghogho Appears In Court, Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ To Charges

Human rights activist and Delta ‘Take It Back’ Coordinator, Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho has pleaded ‘not guilty’ to charges of cyberstalking preferred against him by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. In what appears to be a ploy to buy time, the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, SAN on July…

Meta Campaign to Combat Sex Trafficking in the Philippines Reaches 10 Million Social Media Users
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Meta Campaign to Combat Sex Trafficking in the Philippines Reaches 10 Million Social Media Users

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – A new immersive virtual and augmented reality experience that takes users inside the world of people experiencing sex trafficking reached more than 1.2 million viewers in 24 hours since going live, International Justice Mission (IJM)’s Program Against Online Sexual Exploitation of Children is proud to announce. ‘Break Free to Fly’ – pioneered…

2023: AIG seeks intelligence sharing with navy to contain maritime, electoral crimes
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2023: AIG seeks intelligence sharing with navy to contain maritime, electoral crimes

As arrangements for next year’s general election builds up, the Assistant Inspector General of Police for Zone Six, Okunlola Kola Kamaldeen, has sought closer collaboration with the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) of the Nigerian Navy to share critical intelligence to stem possible upsurge of coastal and electoral crimes. He made the call when he met…

Companies can benefit from protecting the reproductive health of their workers
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Companies can benefit from protecting the reproductive health of their workers

Editor’s note: this story is included here because they show there is value in investing in their workers. This quote is worth acknowledging: “Based on research, companies that invest in worker health, including reproductive health, saw three times more productivity, 50% lower injury rates, and improved worker health.”  JAKARTA (ANTARA) – The protection and realization…