Survivors are courageous actors in the fight against human trafficking and with over 70% of victims being women and ggirls and with nearly one third being children, victims play a crucial role in establishing the most effective measures to prevent this heinous crime. 

 

This year as we celebrate survivors and assert that their VOICES LEAD THE WAY,  WOCON joins the entire world to identify with survivors of human trafficking and salute their courage as they struggle to raise their heads against stigma, rejection, re-victimisation, discrimination, shame and diverse traumatic post-rescue experiences.

 

As the world decides this year that their voices lead the way, we commit more than ever before, to learn from victims' gruesome experiences and to ensure it paves the way for us in finding permanent solutions and hope for millions of women and girls still in bondage and living under slavery-like conditions.

 

We appreciate and celebrate first responders including NAPTIP (in full) social workers, law enforcement agencies, healthcare workers and the NGO community who continue to protect victims, provide shelters, provide support and access to justice to victims and prosecute offenders.

 

With covid 19 and Nigeria's ailing economy opening up opportinities for more organised crime groups, there is no time like now to keep forging on in fighting this fight.

 

Hoping that victims' voices this year will be turned to lessons and actions that will drive us harder in the bid to end this crime and bring freedom to those still in captivity, we proceed with greater determination to keep bringing perpetrators to book and to establish a more victim-centred approach to combating human trafficking.

 

NO ONE SHOULD BE BOUGHT, SOLD OR EXPLOITED!!!

 

Happy WORLD DAY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS  

 

 

 

Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON)

 

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