Posts by Jansi Omini
End Witchcraft Branding and Stigmatization Campaign (#EWBS)
Comfort, Hope and Goodness, three girls aged 13, 5 and 3 respectively are siblings who live with their grandmother since losing both of their parents in 2016. In February 2018 they were branded witches by their grandmother and accused of being responsible for her ill health. To coerce a confession out of them, she invited…
Read MoreSupport for Enobong
On the 21st of December, 2017 we told you about Mrs Enobong Joseph who was abducted alongside her four (4) children in Calabar, and taken to a location in Abia state. She was fortunate to escape her abductors but had to leave her children behind as she had been separated from them by their captors.…
Read MoreBRCI Debate Series – Spanking
Basic Rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI) organizes a debate series tagged #BRCIDebate. the debate is aimed at breaking the culture of silence around child abuse. It is a platform where topical issues are addressed by experts. The debate is usually streamed live on our Facebook Page. You can watch all previous editions of #BRCIDebate on our…
Read MoreBRCI’s Dairy of Stolen Children
Samuel Edet Zion Samuel (pictured) was five years old when he was abducted by unknown individuals in April, 2015. Despite the best efforts of the Nigerian Police, he has yet to be recovered and reunited with his family. #BRCIDiaryofStolenChildren Essien Bassey Mbara On the 15th of May, 2015, young Essien (Male) left home…
Read MoreMindless Killing of Children and Women by The Paul Biya Led Government In Cameroon: An Urgent Need for Action
Press Release: Mindless Killings of Children and Women by The Paul Biya Led Government In Cameroon: An Urgent Need for Action Ministry of Women Affairs Secretariat, Hope Waddell Avenue, Calabar, Cross River State. October 3, 2018. We watched with dismay the recent BBC African Eye report (see http://youtu.be/ct_SLnAGDuM) on the ongoing crisis in Southwest Cameroon…
Read MoreDay of the Girl Child
Every day is a day of the girl child but 11th of October every year is set aside to take a closer look at the issues that affect the girl child. This year’s theme, Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030, connects the adolescent girl to the Sustainable Development Goals #SDG. the SDGs are…
Read MoreMan Ties 3 Year Old Niece to Tree and Sets Her on Fire for Defecating
The child pictured above is 3 year old Destiny* a native of Akampka Local Government Area in Cross River State. She lives with her paternal uncle in the village as her parents have moved to the city in order to improve their economic lot. Her uncle was charged with taking good care of her and…
Read MoreDeff Partners With Basic Rights Counsel Initiative
Angel Abasiamana, her younger siblings and their mother were accused of witchcraft and thrown out of their house. This accusation traumatized the kids and their mother in no small way. They were left to fend for themselves as much as they could, with their mother having several medical issues. Basic rights Counsel Initiative (BRCI), a…
Read MoreSave Enobong’s Abducted Children
On the 19th of November, 2017, Enobong Effiong Joseph and her four children were abducted from Calabar at about 7am on their way to church and taken to Aba in Abia State. The woman who was separated from her children (at Aba), was taken to be killed in Always Ibom but she was lucky to…
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