Child Trafficking

Awareness Raising Programme: "Risks of Human Trafficking & Irregular Migration to Europe"

May 2, 2023
WOCON collaborated with Nigeria Women Association Verona Italy and Denny Welfare Hub Lagos, to raise awareness on human trafficking and irregular migration by intercepting groups of parents of adolescents as a safeguarding action to prevent them from becoming victims of human Trafficking and Irregular migration.
 
The groups included male and female community elders, women groups including market women and  young women who are parents in 'Lafiaji' area of Lagos State.
 

Nandini Singh is now our United Nations Liaison Officer/ International Youth Advocate & Volunteer for WOCON

November 22, 2021

    

Graduating in June 2022, Nandini is an amazing senior high school student with a plethora of academic accolades

She holds a deep passion for economics, politics and human rights and her drive is reflected in her leadership within different activities. Nandini is an FXB Climate Advocate and an economic research assistant, researching the monopolization of the healthcare industry during the pandemic.

Child Protection Week 2021

November 6, 2021
Women Consortium Nigeria (WOCON), A Member Organization with Child Protection Network (CPN) Lagos @childprotectionnetworklagos joins other members to celebrate Child Protection Week 2021. 
 
World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.
 

International Girl Child Day Celebration Activity 2021 Theme " Digital World. Our generation"

October 18, 2021

Today 18th Oct.2021, Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) was at St. David Anglican Primary school Okesuna Lagos. To sensitise the pupils of primary 4 to 6 on the reason girls need to learn digital skills to transform their lives, for personal development, for learning, to stay informed and safe and earning a living.

See included in the gallery pictures from today's activity for International Day Girl Child Day 2021. Theme " Digital World. Our generation"

WOCON CELEBRATING WORLD’S DAY AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING 2020

July 30, 2020

THEME: COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE- WORKING ON THE FRONTLINE TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING

 

The United Nations defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation.

 

2018 PRESS RELEASE BY WOMEN’S CONSORTIUM OF NIGERIA (WOCON) IN COMMEMORATION OF WORLD'S DAY AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

July 30, 2018

RESPONDING TO THE TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
UNODC’S Theme for this Year’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

Although the magnitude of the problem of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants in Nigeria is underscored by the lack of empirical statistical data, there is however abundant evidence that thousands of Nigerian women and millions of children are being trafficked externally across Borders and within the country.

WOCON Lagos Team paid an Advocacy Visit to the Force Intelligence Board

June 29, 2018

In observance of Worlds Day Against Child Labour, WOCON Lagos Team paid an Advocacy Visit to the Force Intelligence Board (FIB) at the Force Headquarters at Kam Selem House Obalende. Present in the House were 20 FIB Top officials of the Intelligence Unit who listened with rapt attention as the Director of Programmes spoke about the very sad state of Child Labour in Lagos State and indeed Nigeria.

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