Access to Justice: Plight of Women & Girls in South-East – Iheoma Obibi [embeddoc url=”https://alliancesforafrica.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Newspaper-publication-Ms-Obibi-2020.pdf” height=”300%”] Source: Thisday Newspaper
What Is a Safety Plan? A safety plan is a personalized, practical plan that includes ways to remain safe while in a relationship, planning to leave, or after you leave. Safety planning involves how to cope with emotions, tell friends and family about the abuse, take legal action and more. A good safety plan will […]
“Did you know that Nigerian women contribute close to 70 per cent of the agricultural workforce, yet get less of accruing returns.” Alliances for Africa with support from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is supporting 120 rural women #Farmers during the #COVID19. Benefits 1. 120 crop farmers would revive […]
A Statement on Women’s Human Rights in Nigeria at the 66th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) (13 July – 7 August 2018) Submitted by: Alliances for Africa (AfA) Observer Status Number No: 235 statement under agenda item no. 8. Your Excellency, the Chairperson of the Commission, Honourable Commissioners, Distinguished […]
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Monday, July 6, 2020. Alliances for Africa (AfA) calls on the Imo State Police Command to adopt the Survivor-centered approach which prioritizes the rights of survivors Following the escalating incidences of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in Imo State, especially sexual violations of minors, there is a need to adopt the Survivor-centered approach when handling […]
A LAW TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE, PROHIBIT ALL FORMS OF VIOLENCE INCLUDING PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, DOMESTIC, HARMFUL TRADITIONAL PRACTICES; DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS AND TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM PROTECTION AND EFFECTIVE REMEDIES FOR VICTIMS AND PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS. Commencement COMMENCEMENT SECTION: Enacted by the House of Assembly of Imo State. BE IT ENACTED […]
PRESS RELEASE Monday, June 3, 2020. Alliances for Africa (AfA) calls for justice for all victims of rape and a state of emergency declared on rape The death of Vera Omozuwa, 22 and Ezekwe Tina, 16 who were victims of rape and extra judicial killing respectively; as well as the traumatic events that Jennifer, 18 […]
Global pandemics are world emergencies and this tends to exacerbate violence against women and girls. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) for women and girls in many ways with the documented upsurge in China, United States, United Kingdom and other countries suggesting an increase in domestic violence cases since […]