The federal government has conducted a gap analysis on all the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) laws in the states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The government through the ...

An appeal has been made to the Benue State government to consider the review and full implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law (VAPP) and Administration of Criminal Justice Law ...

The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), in collaboration with CARE International, has called for increased funding to curb Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the country ...

In May 2020, Vera Omozuwa, a 22-year-old microbiology student at the University of Benin went to her local church to study in what she thought was a safe environment. Tragically, she was brutally ...

The Westminster Foundation for Democracy in collaboration with Ondo State Agency Against Gender-Based Violence has taken the sensitisation of the proper implementation and utilisation of the Violence ...

Critical stakeholders in Kogi State have been trained on awareness creation and implementation of the Kogi State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law (VAPP) 2022. The workshop was organised by ...

Towards improving access to safe abortion services, the Ogun State government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, has partnered with Centre For Bridging Gap (CBHG) on the ...

As part of efforts to stern the use of torture, especially by law enforcement agencies, stakeholders in the Criminal Justice Sector last week, converged in Lagos at a two-day capacity building ...

ABUJA – A women’s rights group, operating under the aegis of Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre,WARDC, has hailed the Cross River State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, for signing the ...

The Kano State Ministry of Women Affairs, Children, and Disabled has pledged its continued support for the effective implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law in the state.