THE FOUNTAIN WALK – AN AWARENESS RALLY HELD IN COMMEMORATION OF 2019 WORLD POLIO DAY, ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER 2019 AT THE UNITY FOUNTAIN ABUJA, NIGERIA THEME: BEYOND POLIO ERADICATION: ACCESS TO MULTI-SECTORAL SERVICES FOR POLIO SURVIVORS As the world commemorates World Polio Day on October 24 2019, we...
Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) organised a 3-day workshop with support from CBM, to train Learners with and without Disabilities in the FCT as Peer Educators on Prevention of Sexual and Gender Based Violence and Disability Based Violence. The essence of the training was to improve participants knowledge and skills...
Disability Rights Advocacy Centre (DRAC) with support from CBMUK commenced its Community town hall meetings on Ending Sexual and Gender based Violence and Disability Based Violence in FCT in Abaji Area Council of FCT. The Community Town Hall meeting is to sensitize the locals in the six area councils of...
DRAC commends the National Assembly for Gazetting the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018 Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) joins other stakeholders in commending the National Assembly for passing, transmitting, and gazetting the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act. The Act prohibits all forms of discrimination against...
The Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) has called on all stakeholders to continue to work together to ensure the implementation of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018. Irene Patrick-Ogbogu, Executive Director, DRAC, in a press release on May 18, 2019 stated that the work is not yet...
DRAC with support from DRF is implementing a project on Access to Justice (A2J) for Women with Disabilities in Plateau State. Access to justice is particularly difficult for women and girls with disabilities largely due to the stigma associated with their sexuality, disability and poverty. The project is aimed at...