Rivers govt., FIDA clarify 50 defilement cases in schools
The Government of Rivers State and the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), have debunked reported cases of teachers and caregivers sexually abusing 50 students in the State. The report had quoted the FIDA chairperson, Adata Bio-Briggs, as saying that over 50 cases of teachers and caregivers defiling students had been reported and charged to […]
50 students defiled by teachers in Rivers – FIDA
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Rivers State, has bemoned the imminent rise in cases of sexual abuse on students by their teachers and caregivers in the State. According to FIDA, it is disheartening that students are no longer safe in the hands of those charged to take care of them. Speaking to […]
Out of court settlement of criminal cases is a crime – Rivers FIDA Chairperson
FIDA foils attempt to sell twins in Port Harcourt
FIDA moves to end bias against women in Rivers
FIDA Rivers vows to go after school proprietors, minders that defile children under their care
Rivers Court jails two for 12 years for child trafficking
A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital has sentenced two young women to twelve years imprisonment for conspiracy and child trafficking. The convicts identified as Chinaza Smart and Amarachi Ahukanna were convicted for conspiring to sell a two-year-old boy, Daniel Smart for the sum of N400,000 to a woman simply identified […]
FIDA calls for enforcement of ACJL in all police divisions
FIDA calls for abolition of female circumcision in some Rivers communities
By Tina Amanda International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Rivers State chapter, has called for the abolishment of Female Genital mutilation in some communities in the Abua/Odual local government area of the state, describing the practice as repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience. FIDA made the call at the event, marking the International […]
FIDA demands arrest of violators of mentally-ill aged woman
Stay away from minors, new FIDA exco warns rapists in Rivers
FIDA caution youths against rape, drug abuse in Rivers State