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The New Humanitarian | Let s eradicate poverty, not poor people
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Shelter for abused women, girls open in Lagos
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Solace has come for abused women and girls in Lagos State and Nigeria at large as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Centre for Children s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE) in partnership with Hearts 100 Initiative recently opened a shelter named Hearts of Hope Shelter for victims and survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV).
The shelter will provide temporary accommodation for women and girls at risk or impacted by GBV as well provide psychosocial support and empowerment for the vulnerable.
Founder of the NGO, Betty Abah, at the commissioning of the shelter yesterday stated that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global spike in GBV, including intimate partner violence, physical battery, sexual violence and all sorts of domestic violence.
Nigerian activists seek laws and education to end online violence
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INVESTIGATION: How Lagos agencies sided with land-grabbers, displaced hundreds of families
In the morning of December 31, 2020, truckloads of police officers, Lagos State officials and thugs descended on a mechanic yard to carry out the demolition, allegedly acting on a ‘judgment. 9 min read
Gloom, despair, and misery filled the air as Lagos agencies demolished Monkey Village, an informal settlement at Opebi area of the state on December 31, 2020.
The bulldozer assigned for the task kept working, as government officials, mixed with touts and security agents stood to forestall attempts by dwellers to stop the demolition.
While dwellers tried to salvage their properties amidst hopelessness, auto mechanics occupying a mechanic yard adjacent the settlement watched with despondency as government officials towed away vehicles in the yard and demolished their workplace.