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November 17, 2022December 12, 2022

HRCRC Trains Over 1000 Secondary School Students in a Back-to-School Conference

HRCRC Trains Over 1000 Secondary School Students in a Back-to-School Conference: Partnering with Lead beyond initiative, HRCRC joined in facilitating a session in a back-to-school conference for over 1000 secondary school students; especially as part of our mandate to instill leadership qualities, knowledge and respect for human rights, and responsibility to society…

October 18, 2022November 14, 2022

INCREASING CASES OF RESCUED ABUSED CHILDREN…

Amidst the Chaos of dealing with retail cases that range from SGBV, Land Disputes, amongst others, HRCRC in the last weeks have been plagued with cases of abused children rescued and successfully reconnected with their biological parents families… Interestingly, albeit negatively so, data from our registry indicate a spike in child related abuses and cases of these sort around this time of every year…

August 10, 2022October 25, 2022

Campaign In Opposition to Violence Against Women and Girls

The YOUTHHUBAFRICA in collaboration with UNWOMEN organized and funded a Campaign In Opposition to Violence Against Women and Girls(VAWG) and all forms of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and HPs which was facilitated by HRCRC‘s George Etamesor in support of the fight against all forms of violence.

The campaign was organized in form of a football tournament to bring youths and like-minds together in other to enlighten them on the dangers of violence against women and girls.

The facilitator explained in plain language and to the barest understanding of all whilst pointing out things that seemed normal to everyone but are also a form of violence being perpetuated by youths.

The campaign also gave room for question-and-answer segments where everyone was allowed to air their views and in turn get answers to all pending questions.

Topics that were treated include; Rape, Stalking, Consent, Deceit, and all other forms of violence.

The campaign came to an end with a final football tournament where the winning teams had access to their prizes after the last segment of the campaign.

We’re grateful to #youthhubafrica and #unwomen for the initiative and support.

July 30, 2022November 9, 2022

Ebonyi NSCDC Threatens To Shoot And Rape Unarmed Protesters For Demanding Justice For A 12-year-old Rape Victim.

Watch the full video on HRCRC Facebook page

https://fb.watch/gHg22msryi/

And after joining other organizations in a roadwork around Abakaliki Metropolis to raise awareness against Human Trafficking, HRCRC joined the GBV Taskforce and collaborating organizations to stage a peaceful protest at the Ebonyi State Command Headquarters of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC to press home the following demands:

An alleged Defilement of a 12year old girl by one popular Lawyer in the state cannot and should not be swept under the carpet like it seems the NSCDC is doing.

For almost a month since the report and arrest of the alleged perpetrator, he is yet to be arraigned.

His whereabouts are unknown

There are indications that the NSCDC is either leading or participating in an attempt to settle the matter with exchange of monies without consideration for the survivor.

All attempts to get the attention of the NSCDC command to act in accordance with the law have failed.

having lost faith in the ability of the NSCDC to diligently and without bias prosecute the case in point, we peacefully demand that the matter be transferred to the Nigeria Police.

The protest was peaceful as the unarmed protesters conducted themselves in a lawful manner.

However, it was shocking to note an officer of the NSCDC cocked his gun and pointed the nozzle directly at the innocent protesters to scare them away..

The worst scenario occurred when one of the officers of NSCDC was alleged to have said that the female protesters will be raped just as the girl they were protesting for, was raped “

In all, the entire experience shows that there is a serious need for GBV prevention awareness training for officers of the Ebonyi State NSCDC office as some of the offices show grave ignorance of human rights and gender-sensitive awareness.

Also at the present, it would be of importance to request the Office of Ebonyi State NSCDC to transfer all cases of GBV to the police and concentrate on their core mandate which is the protection of public properties and infrastructure.

We thank the National Human Rights Commission for monitoring and noting the infringements.

#NSCDC

February 24, 2022November 9, 2022

HRCRC Annual Child Safeguarding Week

sensitization visit and campaign to Nnodo boys Secondary School, Abakaliki

HRCRC Annual Child Safeguarding Week: In furtherance of the work on Child Rights, HRCRC kicked off her Child Safeguarding week with a sensitization visit and campaign to Nodo boys Secondary School, Abakaliki; and sensitization/focus group training of her new Onueke Unit of volunteers…

As usual, we’re grateful to St. Patrick’s Missionary Society SPS – our mother organization; and to Raphael Okusaga, the Child Safeguarding Officer SPS West Africa District for his visit to review our child protection policies and levels of compliance as well as sensitization and new members signing up to the commitment to protect children and vulnerable adults

The Child Safeguarding week continued with another Child Rights Sensitization to HRCRC’s Odomoke branch and community enthusiasts…

And the Child safeguarding week ended with a review/evaluation meeting for HRCRC staff and branches… The workshop also had incorporated aspects of trauma and dealing with trauma…

We’re grateful to St. Patrick’s Missionary Society, her West Africa District, the Child and vulnerable adults safeguarding officer Raphael Okusaga, and all our volunteers and staff, collaborators, partners, and supporters.

We continue to affirm our commitment to Peace, Human Rights, and Justice and we sue for a nonviolent resolution to the conflict that threatens our world and existence today.

review/evaluation meeting for HRCRC staff and branches