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Press Release to Commemorate the International Day for the Conservation of Mangrove Ecosystem

The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, adopted by the General Conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2015 and celebrated annually on 26 July, aims to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems as “a unique, special and vulnerable ecosystem” and to promote solutions for their […]

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2-Day Capacity Building for Women for Environmental Justice Network (WEJN) in Bayelsa State

CEHRD organised 2-day capacity building for Women for Environmental Justice Network (WEJN) on “Advocating for Environmental Justice” under the environment stream of the Dutch project. The women were drawn from communities across Bayelsa state with the following objectives: 1. To train them on what is environmental discrimination and how it can be identified; different strategies to

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CEHRD Calls on the Rivers State Governor, His Excellency, Chief Nyesom Wike to Sign the VAPP Bill into Law in Rivers State

Today, Wednesday, 22 July 2020, CEHRD organized a press briefing at CEHRD secretariat, Port Harcourt. The briefing was to kickstart a media campaign and asking the Governor of River State to assent the VAPP bill into law.  During the reading of the press statement, Mr Styvn Obodoekwe, Director of Programme of CEHRD explained that the

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2-Day Capacity Building for Women for Environmental Justice Network (WEJN) in Rivers State

 CEHRD organised a 2-day capacity building for Women for Environmental Justice Network (WEJN) on “Advocating for Environmental Justice” under the environment stream of the Dutch project. The women were drawn from communities across Rivers state with the following objectives: 1. To train them on what is environmental discrimination and how it can be identified; different strategies to

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Training Manual on Gender and Entrepreneurship

Excerpt from the Forward to the Manual ”In May 2019, CEHRD conducted a baseline research on women’s workforce characteristics in Rivers and Bayelsa States. The study reveals that grassroots women are the bases of the local economy, yet their income could not take them beyond the feeding of their families. The report disclosed that women

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CEHRD CALLS FOR ACTION AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

Gender-based violence (GBV) increases during every type of emergency- whether economic crises, conflict or disease outbreaks. Pre-existing toxic social norms and gender inequalities, economic and social stress amplified by the COVID- 19 pandemic restrictions have led to an increase in reported cases of GBV. Many women are ‘locked down’ at home with their abusers while

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Press Release to commemorate 2020 World Ocean Day tagged ‘innovation for sustainable ocean’ on June 8, 2020.

The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development joins the world to commemorate this year’s world ocean day. The day is set aside by the United Nations to sensitize and educate the global community on the health and challenges of the ocean and its extraordinary rich biodiversity. This year’s theme is tagged “innovation for sustainable

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