TRUST CONFERENCE 2019Trust conference is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s flagship annual event and a world-leading human rights forum held in the heart of London each year, the conference brings together 500 delegates from diverse sectors representing more than 60 countries. DAY 1: will...
The Halima Initiative for Women Development (HIWD), an NGO, has donated learning materials to over 1000 school children in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp at Durumi in the FCT. The Nigeria News Agency reports that the learning materials comprised of pack of exercise...
World Sickle Cell Day is a United Nation’s recognised day to raise awareness of sickle cell disease. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 22nd December 2008 with a resolution that recognises sickle cell disease as one of the world’s foremost genetic diseases. The resolution...
Gender-based violence is defined as violence directed at an individual based on the person’s biological sex or gender identity. It is rooted in structural gender inequalities, patriarchy, and power imbalances. Gender-based violence is typically characterized by the use or threat of physical,...
THE girl-child is bedevilled with many challenges in Nigeria and Africa at large as a result of the undeflated balloons of misogyny and sexism hovering over their sky. From families who see them as liabilities instead of assets to societies which neither appreciate nor develop their...