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 […]
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 […]
HRCRC, Volunteers and Clubs officially signs up to SPS Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy
A core part of HRCRC work is on Child Protection and sensitization. Along with Raphael Ukusaga, – the designated child safeguarding officer of St Patrick’s Missionary Society SPS West Africa District, our mother organization – HRCRC visited Comprehensive High School, Oriuzor in Ezza North to sensitize her teachers and students on child rights/Protection and revitalize […]
2018 WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
As the year winds to a close, and pre-election activities kick up a notch, HRCRC joined the UN and the rest of the world to mark the 2018 World Human Rights Day with several simultaneous activities both in Abakaliki metropolis and in the local communities via our branches. In all of Ebonyi, we join in […]