60 community leaders, teachers, trained on tackling gender based violence

As societies around the country and the world at large go through the never-seen-before ugly experiences that have left lives and our communities shattered, a non-governmental organisation, under the auspices of TechSah Initiative, has trained no fewer than 60 community leaders and teachers on ways to combat sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in schools and communities, one of the most critical challenges of the growing population. Founder and Project Director of the organisation, Chinedu Gbulie, said the workshop was a platform where community leaders were trained on what SGBV…

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ASF France to support war against torture with more budgetary allocation

The Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF) France, on Tuesday, said it was ready to make available more budgetary support in the fight against torture and extra-judicial killings.Ivan Paneff, Vice President of ASF France, otherwise known as lawyers without border, made the remarks in Abuja during a press briefing to mark the end of SAFE Project intervention it launched since 2019.The programme; “Strengthening the National Actors Capacity and Advocating for Ending Severe Human Rights Violations in Nigeria (SAFE) Project,” was piloted in three states; Lagos, Enugu and Kaduna.Paneff said that the justice…

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