Annual Child Safeguarding Capacity Building: As part of our annual Child Safeguarding policy, in furtherance of our work on Child Rights, and in building capacity to confront the reality of abuses that we deal with daily, HRCRC’s George Etamesor and Chioma Ikegbunam ESQ joined other child safeguarding officers in #SPS parishes, schools and projects in […]
16 Days Activism And Campaign Against SGBV
16 Days Activism And Campaign Against SGBV Orange the world SGBV 16 day activism to Maternal and Child Healthcare center Azuiyiokwu to discuss ways of managing and reporting cases of SGBV within the primary healthcare system. The team used the opportunity to interact with patients, nursing mothers and health workers to establish a cordial working […]
CAMPAIGN AGAINST RAPE AND SGBV IN EBONYI
HRCRC, in collaboration with the National Human Rights Commission NHRC, and other CSOs in Abakaliki – such as Child Protection Network, Human Rights Defenders, Neighborhood and Environmental Watch Foundation, the National Girls Guild, amongst others, – embarked on a week-long campaign and protest against Rape and all other forms of Sexual and Gender Based Violence […]
Child Abuse and Neglect Due to COVID-19 Lockdown
Despite the partial lockdown, HRCRC was besieged within the last month with a medley of matters that mostly resolved around domestic violence and gender abuse, child abuse and even trafficking amidst others. Women and Children are worst hit as they suffer the brunt of the frustration in society due to the pandemic and the plethora […]
WHAT IS IN A GIRL CHILD? – by ChukwuEmika Udedibor ESQ and Chioma Ikegbunam ESQ
In Igbo land children are highly valued and cared for because they are regarded as wealth – both in the literal and metaphorical sense. In most Igbo cultures including Ebonyi, extended families look with anticipation to the eventual celebration of their daughters’ marriages and the Umunna cannot wait to partake of joyous feast and of […]