By Kelvin Ololo In a bid to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Cross River State, Gender and Development Action (GADA) has engaged church leaders, youth, and women organizations on ways to mitigate harmful social norms and violence against women among religious folks in the state. The one-day interactive Forum, with the theme ‘Male responsibility for
By Patrick Obia With November 25th, every year set aside as annual global campaign against Gender-Based Violence (GBV), known as 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Project Alert, a non-profit making organization in the front line of fighting gender-based violence in the country has reaffirmed commitment in her fight against violence against women and
By Ben Aroh Despite a Supreme Court judgment in Ukeje vs Ukeje in 2014 which affirmed that women have the same right to inherit their fathers’ estates as their male counterparts, many Igbo women are being denied access to such by their male counterparts. BEN AROH explores this denial in selected locales of Enugu State.
By Godwin Otang Former member of the House of Representatives for Calabar Municipality and Odukpani Federal Constituency Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo says preventing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases is easier and cheaper than mitigation in Cross River State. The former Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti who is a Board of Trustee of Gender and Development Action
By Godwin Otang Stakeholders and rights advocates have been trained on methods to apply to curb Gender Based Violence (GVB) in four Cross River Local Government Areas of Akpabuyo, Calabar South, Calabar Municipal, and Bakassi. At a one-day training held on Friday 15 March 2024 a nongovernmental organization – Gender and Development Action (GADA) whose
By Godwin Otang A gender-passionate non-profit-making organization – Gender and Development Action (GADA) has commenced a program meant to ensure behavior change in families, marriages, communities, and relationships in Cross River, as well as the South-South geopolitical zone. The initiative aims to work against Gender-Based Violence by reviving values, culture, and cultural institutions (like that
By Able Winnard, Everest Prince And Veronica Utsu Experts and Stakeholders in the gender space have described gender-based violence as violence against women, boys, and girls. This was expressed during a gender discussion on Hit 95.9FM, Calabar with the theme ‘breaking the silence’ with Gender and Development Action (GADA). During the discussion, Barrister James Ibor
By Effiong Deborah Students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have been admonished on ways to stay away from all forms of drug abuse, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and other negative vices that will be detrimental to their academic success and future. The advice came at the graduation of peer educators four days training at