HRCRC continues to grow with more branches in the interiors of Ebonyi State. Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Center Onuayim Branch just inaugurated – thus bringing the number of HRCRC branches in Ebonyi to 29; consequently increasing our grassroots presence and reach. At the inauguration was Eva Okafor, Moses Ekeke and Chioma Ikegbunam ESQ.
Introduction to ‘Know Your Right’
Hello! It is KNOW YOUR RIGHTS project. From HRCRC, Abakaliki, we are glad to share this maiden edition with you. Our task today is simple: we want to introduce you to the project. Think of this story. Ajole is a princess, a daughter of a late wealthy king. Ajole however, did not know who she […]
MY RIGHTS AS A PERSON
Welcome to our second post on Know Your Rights media project. Our interest today is to understand what constitutes rights for an individual, and how this relates to other peoples rights. As usual, we shall begin with a story. Evelyn and Sandra were very good friends. It happened that both friends became pregnant with Sandra […]
Essential Attributes of HRs: (1) UNIVERSALITY
Earlier this year, a young boy ran to our office crying for help. He was physically distressed and had a deep and fresh wound on the back of his head. The boy’s face and shirt were terribly stained all over by blood. He told us, his father inflicted the head-injury on him, and that it […]
Is child rights protected by law?
Recently a story about a 4-year-old girl, Uloma, made a headline in a regional newspaper, Citizens’ Advocate. Uloma was found in a slave-like manner under the watch of a certain woman, Mrs Nwali Josephine. The woman is not the little girl’s mother. Weeks before Uloma was discovered, she hawked for her ‘madam’, Mrs Nwali, with […]