TIP commemorated International Women’s Day by organizing a sensitization program for incarcerated women and officers at the Kirikiri Female Custodial Facility. The theme of the program, “Staying Optimistic Amidst Challenges,” was aimed at empowering women with the necessary tools to cultivate a positive mindset and embrace equity even when facing difficult situations. The program equipped […]
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TIP’s program/legal manager, Bridget Andrew, attended a 4-day training program organized by Partnership for Justice in collaboration with IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) and Protection International. The training focused on capacity-building for human rights defenders on regional and international advocacy strategies. It aimed to equip human rights defenders with the necessary skills and knowledge to utilize
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Thanks to the support from Malala Fund, TIP organized a two-day training program for religious us and traditional leaders from various communities in Adamawa state, as well as journalists. The training focused on gender-transformative education for children and the state-level education manifesto, which was developed by TIP, ACE charity, CENTER LSD, LEDAP and SCAAD, and
Through its access to justice, TIP offered pro bono to a 23-year-old final-year student at a prestigious Nigerian university, who was charged with fraud and remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Center. Miss D was heavily pregnant at the time of her arrest and gave birth to a baby while in custody. Despite being granted bail, she
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TIP hosted its monthly assembly chat with over 130 students from Royintola High School in Kosofe LGA, Lagos. The discussion focused on different forms of sexual and gender-based violence, including physical violence, sexual violence, and school-related gender-based violence. The students learned how and where to report cases of sexual and gender-based violence and the importance of
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TIP believes that access to menstrual hygiene products is a right for every woman, particularly vulnerable women and girls in correctional facilities who often lack access to menstrual hygiene products. This is why we launched a campaign in 2022 to provide sanitary pads for women and girls in correctional centers, and we are inviting you
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TIP spent the international women’s day at Ketu- The team started the day at Richway college Ketu educating students of their human rights and sexual and gender-based violence norms.The women at Ketu market were not left out. TIP’s team held a one-on-one sensitization campaign to drum up support for gender equality and women’s roles in
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This month we highlight the story of Ruth W. Ruth has been in detention for over five months for an allegation of stealing the sum of N90,000. Ruth was arrested in lieu of her ward, who was accused of committing the said offence. She was without a lawyer for these months until TIP took up
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TIP’s program officer, Eniola Tikare, attended a full-day workshop by the Center for Gender Economics in Africa and joined in calling for the adoption of the Maputo protocol ratified by Nigeria in 2004, which compels the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, especially the elderly.The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and
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Promoting sexual and reproductive health rights of women is at the center of TIP’s work. For women in correctional centers, we believe access to feminine menstrual products is a basic human right that allows all to live with dignity irrespective of the crime. Please, join the campaign! No woman should be allowed to face the health
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