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Whistleblowing as a strategy for tackling gender-based violence in Nigeria

By The Insight Team May 5, 2023 202 0

By Nkechi Ugwu Repeatedly, studies have shown that there is a rising incidence of gender-based violence occurring in different forms in Nigeria. These include sexual harassment, rape, physical violence, socio-economic violence, emotional and psychological violence, harmful traditional practices, online bullying, and trafficking of women, among others. Gender-Based Violence Continue Reading

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Abolarin College where indigent children are raised as future leaders

By The Insight Team April 21, 2023 277 0

  … qualification for admission is poverty By Clement Adeyi Abolarin College, Oke-Ila Orangun, Osun State, has become a household name among the few secondary schools in Nigeria that offer scholarship to students. While diverse qualifications determine scholarship by a few schools that give the offer, the basic qualification for the offer at Abolarin College Continue Reading

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What the newly introduced national child online protection policy and strategy offers to Nigerians

By The Insight Team January 29, 2023 453 2

By Stephanie Adams-Douglas The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented rise in screen time with worldwide restrictions and stay-at-home orders restricting people to their homes, including children – 80% of whom UNICEF says are impacted by online content. The coronavirus pandemic caused an unprecedented rise in screen time Although being online opens up an array Continue Reading

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Stakeholders task media on fight against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence through data-driven reporting

By The Insight Team September 23, 2022 240 0

By Daniel Adaji Stakeholders at the public presentation of the media justice status report on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria titled ‘Missing data, missing justice’ held virtually by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) on Wednesday 21 September 2022 have urged the media to lead the fight against SGBV in the country through Continue Reading

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Conflict, climate change and COVID combine to create a breeding ground for sexual and gender-based violence

By The Insight Team August 28, 2022 254 Post a comment

By Helen Clark Rape is being used in conflict as a deliberate military strategy, and is feared most by women and girls as soon as the shooting starts. They are right to be afraid. It is vital to highlight just how shockingly common rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence have become in […]Continue Reading

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Covid-19 in Nigeria: Cislac Demands Total Accountability of Donated Funds (Press Release)

By The Insight Team March 30, 2020 350 0

While the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/ Transparency International in Nigeria commends and appreciates the ongoing donations by indigenous groups towards the combating the COVID-2019 virus pandemic and its socio-economic impacts, we at the same time, call for total accountability of the utilisation and distribution of funds. As we welcome the recent Continue Reading