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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.

 

ECOSOC: CALL FOR NGOs TO APPLY FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH UN

May 22, 2019 to June 1, 2019
Deadline: June 1, 2019
 
The United Nations has requested Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) as one of the holders of its special consultative Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) status to spread the news about the upcoming deadlines for NGOs who do not yet have this status so they can apply for it. 
 
We are currently few weeks away from the 1st June 2019 deadline for NGOs to apply for the ECOSOC consultative status in order to be considered by the 2020 NGO Committee. 
 

GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM WOCON IN OBSERVANCE OF 16DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

As is our custom every year, Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) joins United Nations Women (UN Women) and the rest of the world to observe the 2020 16 days Activism against gender-based violence, which is an international campaign to stand against violence against women and girls.
 
This Campaign runs between 25 November to 10 December every year.
 
This Year's UN Women UNITE Theme for this Campaign is Orange the World: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!
 

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