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Friday, November 26, 2021

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Desmond Tutu(South African Cleric and Nobel Laureate)

Dear Friend!As we mark the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which runs between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25th) and International Human Rights Day (December 10th), we must not forget that Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is a silent pandemic in Nigeria. Stigmatisation and Victim-blaming have stifled generations of girls and women. Enough is enough!

In September 2021, Chairman, Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) and Lagos State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo, disclosed that since May 2019, the DSVRT has attended to an average of 150 new cases monthly!

It is our duty to unite and speak up against this societal ill.If you are a survivor in need of support or you know anyone currently experiencing SGBV, please reach out to Stand to End Rape (STER) via [email protected] or 08095967000.Share this newsletter across your network. We are all we have. 

Attacks on Lagos State Panel #LekkiMassacre Testifiers

Source: Twitter

Days after the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry report confirmed that the Lekki shooting of October 20, 2020, was a massacre,  Kamsiyochukwu Ibe, an #EndSARS protester was brutally assaulted by suspected state-sponsored thugs on Sunday, November 21

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,  for appearing before the panel as a witness.

Source: Twitter

Threats were also issued to two other testifiers, Dabiraoluwa Adeyinka Honey Ayuku and Serah Ibrahim hours after the attack on Ibe.Despite these orchestrated assaults and acts of intimidation to silence the truth, we remain unflinching in our demand for perpetrators of the #LekkiMassacre to be prosecuted.

#ThursdayTalks: November Edition

“Broadening Youth Participation in the Electoral Process” was the theme of this month’s edition of #ThursdayTalks that held on November 25th.It was indeed an insightful and engaging session with the panellists: Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information & Voter Education Committee; Bukola Idowu, Executive Director, Kimpact Initiative; Jude Feranmi, Convener, Raising New Voices and Ndi Kato, Executive Director, Dinidari Foundation. The session was moderated by Ebuka Franklin, Head of News, Oghene 98.3 FM, Anambra State, and attended by other active citizens.Watch the session.

Africa Startup Initiative Programme (ASIP) 2022

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Have a great weekend!The EiE Nigeria Team