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BRW Marks Five Years of Commitment to Rights Advocacy in Africa !!!

Basic Rights Watch (BRW), a Nigeria-based non-governmental organization (NGO) with a mission is to leverage open data, disruptive ideas and digital technologies to enhance popular participation and political accountability has celebrated its five years of commitments to advocating for basic human rights in Nigeria and across Africa. In a Press Statement signed and issued over […]

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Sexual Assault Support Assistant (SASA)

The Sexual Assault Support Assistant (SASA) is an initiative of Basic Rights watch (BRW) that aims to increase counselling, awareness education on Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria and also connect survivors to appropriate authorities that are providing sexual assault support-services for psycho-social, legal and medical aid. Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is prevalent worldwide,

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COMBATTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT ASSISTANT SASA

  A state of emergency is declared on Gender-Based Violence by Nigeria’s Governors Forum in 2020. This is following several reports and documentaries on the increasing rate of sexual assault and gender-based violence in Nigeria. Basic Rights Watch (BRW) is leading the innovative approach in combatting the spate of sexual and gender violence against women and

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Fesmedia Africa: ACCESS TO INFORMATION 2020 WINNER ANNOUNCED !!!

In commemoration of the Access To Information day 2020, with the theme Saving lives, Building trust and Bringing hope. Fesmedia Africa organized a youth focused competition throughout the region of sub-saharan Africa to mark the ATI day 2020. Entries were received from Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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BRW, JYEI Call on State Governors to Ensure Transparency and Accountability in COVID 19 Funding, Urges Lagos to Take the Lead

Basic Rights Watch (BRW) and Jeunesse Youth Empowerment Initiative (JYEI) have called on State Governments across Nigeria to be upfront and ensure transparency, accountability and value for money in the deployment of funds meant for the fight against COVID 19. They urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to take the lead by disclosing as frequently as possible

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