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 Ogar Monday Communities in Cross River State have been encouraged to take ownership of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law and the Disability Rights Law (DRL), as both laws have expanded the definition of violence and rape. The communities were warned against treating issues around rape “as a family matter” as the VAPP
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River and Akwa Ibom States now have legal instruments to fight discrimination, domestic violence, and child abuse – The VAPP and Disability Rights Laws. Help support the fight to end violence against women, children, and persons living with disabilities. Powered by ProjectAlert.
By Ogar Monday Stakeholders from the Judiciary, Nigerian Police, and civil society have committed to work towards the full implementation of both the Cross River State Violence Against People Prohibition Law (VAPP) and the Disability Rights Law in Cross River State. The stakeholders who said they will start the implementation of the law within their
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Project Alert on Violence Against Women, an NGO based in Lagos has launched today on social media, a documentary on community services available for survivors of Sexual and Gender based Violence, SGBV. The documentary tells the stories of survivors and the help they got from the SGBV Community Surveillance Teams the NGO
By Ushang Ewa A former local government chairman of Calabar Municipal and Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Biodiversity, Mr. Edet Okon Asim, is currently in police custody for continuously defiling an underaged girl (names withheld) for a period spanning about three years. The girl is said to have been coerced into aborting two