Child Rights Awareness Creation Organisation (CRACO) – 2016

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Jan

The girl-child as endangered specie

Joe Right of women and girls No Comments

By BILKIS BAKARE IN recent times, insurgent activities have taken a worrisome turn as more women and girls are now being recruited as suicide bombers. Few days ago at a crowded market in Damaturu, the capital city of Yobe State, North Eastern Nigeria, a 10- year- old girl blew up herself, killing over 15 people and injuring several others. This …

15

Jan

We’re not to blame for keeping babies in prison –Enobore, PRO, Nigerian Prisons

Joe CHILD UPBRINGING No Comments

Francis Enobore is the spokesman of the Nigerian Prisons Service and in this interview, he absolves the prison authorities of any blame for keeping babies with their mothers behind bars. Excerpts: In female prisons, what are the provisions for taking care of children? First, it is important to establish the sources of children in the prison. Sometimes, …

09

Jan

CHILD MARRIAGE: A VIOLATION OF GIRLS’ AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Joe CHILD ABUSE, CHILD MARRIAGE No Comments

Child marriages result in serious violations of the rights of girls with long-lasting consequences. Girls and women who are forced into marriage are deprived of the right to decide whether or not to marry, whom to marry, when to marry, and whether and when to have children. Child marriages also contribute to violations of girls’ and women’s other …

02

Jan

Pastor jailed for 10 years for raping girl while father was present

Joe CHILD ABUSE, FOREIGN NEWS, VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN/CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY No Comments

A pastor who raped a girl as she lay blindfolded on a bed has been jailed for more than 10 years in what a Perth judge has described as depraved and degrading offending. Dawid Volmer, 41, had advertised sexual massages on Craigslist, initially meeting the girl and her father, who cannot be named, when she was 12, although her father said she was 16. …

Monthly Archives: January 2016

The girl-child as endangered specie

We’re not to blame for keeping babies in prison –Enobore, PRO, Nigerian Prisons

CHILD MARRIAGE: A VIOLATION OF GIRLS’ AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Pastor jailed for 10 years for raping girl while father was present