Many persons with disabilities especially women and girls do not identify / define certain violent and dehumanizing acts committed against them as abuse, this has led to a high rate of sexual, physical emotional and financial abuse amongst them. It is in view of this that DRAC held a one-day...
The Executive Director, Disability Rights Advocacy Center, Irene Patrick-Ogbogu, has expressed concern that only five out of the 36 states in Nigeria have disability laws particularly for women and girls. According to her, the states include Lagos, Plateau, Ekiti, Jigawa and Bauchi state. Irene, who noted this in a paper...
"FOMWAN is ready to partner with DRAC in the protection of the rights of all persons with disabilities especially women and girls..." Mrs Larai Ahmed
Media Roundtable On Violence Against Women And Girls With Disabilities In Abuja Angela Uyah, cbm representative presenting certificate of attendance to Ihotu Odeh of AIT at the end of the...
Group To Sensitize Media On Violence Against Women, Girls With DisabilitiesBy AGBO-PAUL AUGUSTINE, AbujaDisability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) has said it plans to sensitizethe media practitioners on the issue of violence against women and girlswith disabilities and to facilitate their inclusion in the developmentagenda of the nation.In a statement issued...