For the LGBTQIA+ community in Africa, organizing Pride events comes with heightened risk of infiltration and police crackdown, inability to mobilize people for security reasons and lack of access to…
Gender-based violence over the years has become an issue that has called for undivided attention not just in Nigeria but also in Benue State. Cross (2014)In his research on Women’s…
GWHREI shows concern and conderms the killing of kenyan LGBTIQ activist and humanitarian. We condemned the killing of Edwin Chiloba. The Kenyan LGBTIQ+ activist and humanitarian was known for Fashion…
Before anything else, we are humans. Why the hate? Just like everyone else, we deserve to be safe, we deserve to be happy and we are entitled to our rights,…
Human Rights for All As a human, we all are born free and equal. This implies that everyone is entitled to human rights, regardless of sexual identity and orientation. This…
Sex work and violence The religious and traditional moralist sentiments globally, cause sex work to be viewed as dreadful behaviour. Inline with this assertion, McBride, Shannon, Bingham, Braschel, Strathdee& Goldenberg,…
BODILY AUTONOMY Making abortion illegal in a country except to save the life of the woman makes her seek out clandestine and unsafe methods. To this end, GWHREI with the…
STIGMA, DISCRIMINATION OF SEX WORKERS. Sex work is criminalised or regulated in almost all parts of the world (Harcourt, Egger, & Donovan, 2005). Criminalization is associated with legal penalties for…
The SGBV Justice Network Cluster led by LAWYERS ALERT organized a 2-day training for the Justice sector and CBO in Makurdi Benue state with GWHREI in attendance. The training was…
SRHR remains one of the obvious challenges faced by women in Nigeria at large; as such it should be prioritized by governmental and non-governmental organizations. This is based on the…