Gender-Based Violence

Girl-Child Day: Status of girls worries FIDA – Blueprint Newspaper
| |

Girl-Child Day: Status of girls worries FIDA – Blueprint Newspaper

Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has noted the disadvantages and difficulties faced by females, expressing worry that “the world is progressively biased towards the rights and future of the girl-child.” This was contained in a statement signed by the Country Vice President/CVP FIDA Nigeria, Amina Suzanah Agbaje, to mark the 2022 International Day of the…

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly To Debate International Migration And End To Human Trafficking Among Other Things
|

Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly To Debate International Migration And End To Human Trafficking Among Other Things

The 145th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly taking place in the Rwandan capital, Kigali from 11 to 15 October will debate the high levels of international migration, means to stop human trafficking and human rights abuses. The only draft resolution for this assembly is the“Parliamentary impetus to local and regional development of countries with high levels of…

From lucrative job offer to human trafficking trap | MalaysiaNow
|

From lucrative job offer to human trafficking trap | MalaysiaNow

Susan (not her real name) spends her days worrying about her son who has been detained by the authorities in Cambodia. According to the Malaysian embassy there, he is being held because he travelled to the country without the necessary documents. Speaking to MalaysiaNow, however, Susan said the 24-year-old was in fact trafficked to Cambodia…

Global Estimates Reveal Modern Slavery Is on the Rise
|

Global Estimates Reveal Modern Slavery Is on the Rise

Global estimates of modern slavery are up from 40 million to 50 million in the last five years, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO). The dread rippling through our staff Slack channel upon hearing this update was almost tangible. It’s easy to feel discouraged about this at first, but on…

Ireland must step up fight against human trafficking, experts say – The Guardian
|

Ireland must step up fight against human trafficking, experts say – The Guardian

Council of Europe report criticises lack of convictions over trafficking for labour exploitation Ireland must step up its efforts to fight human trafficking, a group of experts at the Council of Europe has said, after a report expressing concern about the number of prosecutions and convictions relating to the issue. The Group of Experts on…

Girls in the Frontline organises Seminar, Sensitise Partners on Organisation’s Role
| |

Girls in the Frontline organises Seminar, Sensitise Partners on Organisation’s Role

By Mustapha Jarju Girls in the Frontline Development, on Sunday, 25th September 2022 organised a seminar to sensitise and share ideas with their partners. Girls in the Frontline is a non-government youth-led organisation established in 2012, to empower young women and children across the country, currently focusing on the Fonis. The seminar was attended by…

Activist who rescued over 7K girls and boys wants to stop trafficking at source – YourStory
|

Activist who rescued over 7K girls and boys wants to stop trafficking at source – YourStory

(Trigger warning: The story describes incidents of abuse.) In 2013, Pallabi Ghosh received a phone call that a young girl was confined in a house in a posh colony in New Delhi and tortured. Pallabi, who was a part of anti-trafficking NGO Shakti Vahini at that time, ignored the call at first because she had…

Violence against women: Don recommends N1m fine, 5-yr imprisonment | SundiataPost
|

Violence against women: Don recommends N1m fine, 5-yr imprisonment | SundiataPost

By IHECHINYERE CHIGEMERI-UWOM UMUAHIA- A university lecturer, Ms Akachi Nworgu-Okonji, has called for a more punitive legislative sanctions for violence and discrimination against women in the country. She said that the current provision of two years imprisonment or option of half-a-million naira fine was grossly inadequate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nworgu-Okonji…

India Among Countries With High Incidence Of Forced Marriage Of Minors, Reveals UN Report
| | | |

India Among Countries With High Incidence Of Forced Marriage Of Minors, Reveals UN Report

As per the categorisations by the United Nations for Human Rights (UNHR), although modern slavery is not defined by law, it is used as an umbrella term to cover practices such as forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage, human trafficking, sale of children, sexual slavery, and so on. Studying the prevalence of modern slavery globally,…