Gender-Based Violence

Taraba Govt assures NAPTIP of maximum support as taskforce on human trafficking …
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Taraba Govt assures NAPTIP of maximum support as taskforce on human trafficking …

Secretary to the Taraba State Government, Mr. Anthony Jellason, and the NAPTIP DG, Fatima Waziri during the inauguration of Taraba State Task Force on Human Trafficking. By THOMAS AKASE, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has promised a robust collaboration and support to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)…

“Our Africa” TV Program Releases Episode 15 on GH One TV to Focus on Health Issues
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“Our Africa” TV Program Releases Episode 15 on GH One TV to Focus on Health Issues

Accra, Ghana & Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Our Africa by Merck Foundation TV Program is now broadcasting on LNTV, Liberia; AYV, Sierra Leone and ZNBC, Zambia after a huge success on GH One TV, Ghana; NTV, Uganda and KTN, Kenya. ‘Our Africa by Merck Foundation’ is a pan-African TV program that is conceptualized, produced, directed, and co-hosted by Senator, Dr….

Religious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law
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Religious backlash threatens Somaliland’s progressive rape law

A group of religious leaders in Somaliland is behind an attempt to replace a progressive sexual offences law passed in 2018 with a revised version that protects rapists rather than survivors and allows child marriage. In August 2018, Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi signed Somaliland’s Rape and Sexual Offences Act into law. The first of…

US State Department notes 'significant efforts' made by Ireland to combat human trafficking
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US State Department notes 'significant efforts' made by Ireland to combat human trafficking

The US State Department said it has noted ‘significant efforts’ made by Ireland in combatting human trafficking, according to a statement that was recently released by the Department of Justice. Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, of Fine Gael, welcomed Ireland’s upgrading in the ‘Trafficking in Persons’ (TiPs) Report 2022. The announcement has been acknowledged and reflected in the report from the US State…

Collective Liberty Launches Billboard in Times Square, Aiming to Change Public Narrative Around Human Trafficking – PR Newswire
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Collective Liberty Launches Billboard in Times Square, Aiming to Change Public Narrative Around Human Trafficking – PR Newswire

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Award-winning national anti-trafficking organization Collective Liberty launched a summer billboard in Times Square in partnership with Neutron Media and generous donors. The ad is featured beside the NASDAQ ad space and above the Netflix ad Space in the prominent central location of Times Square. The campaign coincides with…

US Temporary Work Visas Expose Migrants to Exploitation, Labor Trafficking: Report
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US Temporary Work Visas Expose Migrants to Exploitation, Labor Trafficking: Report

A recent report has shed new light on how temporary work visa programs providing migrant laborers with employment in the United States are ripe for abuse, often leading to forced labor and other forms of human trafficking. Between January 2018 and December 2020, the Polaris Project’s National Human Trafficking Hotline identified almost 16,000 labor trafficking…

Human Trafficking and the Work of EverFree – BORGEN – Borgen Project
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Human Trafficking and the Work of EverFree – BORGEN – Borgen Project

WASHINGTON, DC — Human trafficking is among the most difficult and problematic issues the world has always been suffering and is still suffering from today. This ongoing matter is unfortunately present in many countries all over the world. Human trafficking affects all categories, independent of race, gender, age or even social class. It can also…

UNICEF: Drought Forcing More Girls Into Child Marriage In Horn Of Africa – Forbes
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UNICEF: Drought Forcing More Girls Into Child Marriage In Horn Of Africa – Forbes

  UNICEF warns of a significant jump in the number of adolescent girls being forced into early marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as the region’s worst drought in 40 years pushes families to the edge. Girls as young as age 12 are being forced into child marriage at “alarming rates” in the Horn of…

Nakuru establishing GBV rescue centres in 11 sub-counties – Kenya News Agency
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Nakuru establishing GBV rescue centres in 11 sub-counties – Kenya News Agency

Nakuru County Government has begun the process of establishing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) rescue centres in all the 11 constituencies to provide integrated care and offer counselling services to victims of GBV. Speaking during a ground breaking ceremony of the Sh35 million GBV rescue center at Gilgil, County Acting Director in charge of Gender, Culture and Youth…

Human Rights Violations Against Migrants in Yemen Increase Amid Soaring Arrivals: IOM Warns
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Human Rights Violations Against Migrants in Yemen Increase Amid Soaring Arrivals: IOM Warns

Aden – At least 27,800 people have crossed from the Horn of Africa to war-torn Yemen in the first five months of 2022, more than the total who made the journey all of last year along what was the world’s busiest maritime migration route prior to COVID-19, according to the International Organization for Migration’s (OIM)…