*As RoLAC Launches FCT SARC in Bwari *SARCs assisted 15, 800 sexual assault victims between July 2019 to September 2020 Maureen Okpe The Minister of State For FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani-Aliyu, have disclosed that many cases of sexual assault in Nigeria are under reported as survivors are often times reluctant to report,
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COVID-19: EU, British Council Provides PPE to Sexual Assault Referral Centres, Other Service Providers in Nigeria
John Anyim The Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme of the British Council has provided Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in fighting off COVID-19 pandemic to Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) in 11 states of federation and other service providers working in the area of sexual and gender based violence
British Council Trains Medical Personnel, Others on Sexual Assault Trauma
Maureen Okpe The British Council (BC) Nigeria, has trained a group of medical personnel, counsellors and social workers on sexual trauma counselling as well as forensic medical examination and documentation. The five day training was carried out with support of the European Union (EU) under the BC's Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption
IHRD: What EU, celebrities and activists said about human rights situation in Nigeria
Senator Iroegbu and Maureen Okpe The International Human Rights Day is commemorated on the 10th of December every year and was duly marked in 2019 by the Nigeria, European Union, British Council as well as other governmental and non-governmental groups. Our Nigerian celebrities as well as social and human
SARC: 60% of rape survivors in Nigeria are children 0-14yrs
•15-20 % of rape victims are boys •As over 10,000 victims counseled in six years Maureen Okpe Statling statistics have revealed that over 60 percent of rape victims in Nigeria are children between 0-14 years, while a further 15-20 percent survivors are boys. This was the disclosed at the 5th Network Meeting of Sexual Assault