Gang-raped and battered, 14-year-old Delta girl’s thorny path to justice
TESSY IGOMU writes about the travails of a teenager gang-raped by seven men in Issele-Uku, Delta State
Oluchi Okoh is brilliant and smart, and hopes to become a medical doctor in future. The 14-year-old, who is in her last term in senior secondary school can’t wait to gain admission into any of the country’s prestigious medical schools to achieve her dream.
But all of that is in the past. That enthusiasm has been replaced by melancholy and deep-seethed resentment.
Oluchi was allegedly gang-raped by seven men and left for dead on May 6, 2021, at the Ogboli Quarters, Issele-Uku, in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Abuso sexual infantil: como identificar, prevenir e combater
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Namibia ranked seventh on Child Friendliness Index
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NAMIBIA is ranked very high in Africa in terms of its commitment to protecting the rights of children, especially young girls.
Namibia is ranked at number seven out of 52 African countries according to the 2020 Africa Child Wellbeing report.
Speaking at the event, Minister of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare, Doreen Sioka noted that in 2019 the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare in an effort to develop evidence-based responses/policies conducted a survey on Violence against Children.
The survey report, which recently received Cabinet approval, indicates that nearly two out of five females (39.6%) and males (45.0%) aged 18-24 years experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence in childhood.
Urgent to Protect Girls & Education in Conflict Said UN Officials After Deadly Attack in Afghanistan
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The Special Representatives of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, and on Violence Against Children, Dr Najat Maalla M’jid, condemn in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack that took place outside a school in Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul, Afghanistan on 8 May 2021, in which, according to the latest reports, hundreds of civilians have been killed or injured. Furthermore, this attack was clearly targeted at girls and their families as it occurred at the place and hour of ingress and egress of students to school.