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...
The Honourable Minister of Health, Prof Isaac F. Adewole during the presentation and launch of the policy document DRAC in collaboration with the federal ministry of health developed a National Policy on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Persons with Disabilities with Emphasis on Women and Girls which was...
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Stakeholders in the fight for the rights of the Nigerian child have called for the adoption and implementation of the Child Rights Act in 10 states yet to domesticate the law. They made the appeal at the end of a two-day stakeholders’ consultative meeting on ‘child protection and safeguarding mechanisms...
Following the signing into law of the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018 by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Disability Rights Advocacy Center (DRAC) has launched a simplified version of the law. The simplified version was launched on Thursday, March 14 in Abuja by Anthony Ojukwu, the executive secretary...
SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN We are seeking a creative, innovative and exceptional person to fill the following vacant position of Social Media Intern Location: Abuja Job Purpose: Is responsible for assigned social media and communications roles, including supporting and executing the organization’s social media strategy, managing the organization’s prioritized social media...
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...