SEPTEMBER 29, 2020- BENIN CITY. Led by our Chief Legal Coordinator, Barrister Dan Uhimwen who coordinates our team of 20 volunteer lawyers, Pathfinders conducted a legal clinic for survivors of sex trafficking, sex slavery and torture. The workshop was necessitated by the reality of many victims of trafficking who are stripped of their legal identity […]
Pathfinders Conducts Groundbreaking Research on Recruiters of Sex Trafficking in Oredo, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
September 29, 2020
BENIN CITY, EDO (SEPTEMBER 29, 2020). Pathfinders, in partnership with CLEEN Foundation, is excited to present our ground-breaking research findings on Enablers (recruiters) of sex trafficking in Oredo Local Government Area in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. The ‘Pathway to Prevention’ research Project was conducted over a period of one year (September 2019- September 2020) […]
Edo State Launches Sex Offenders Register, SARC and Returnees’ Shelter
September 17, 2020
Edo State Simultaneously Launches Sex Offenders Register, Sexual Assault Resource Centre and Returnees’ Shelter. The gruesome killing of university student, Uwaila Omozuwa, earlier this year drew global attention to a rising number of rape/murder cases in Nigeria, including Edo State, where Uwaila was raped and murdered in her local church. As a result of the […]
COVID-19 Fundraiser for Survivors in Nigeria
May 25, 2020
MAY 25, 2020- Many of our survivors who were just emerging from sexual slavery and looking forward to starting their lives are suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic and mandatory lockdown that has resulted in many parts of Nigeria. Some are now homeless, others have had to close the small businesses we helped them build, many […]
Pathfinders Is Providing Ongoing COVID-19 Relief to Survivors
May 20, 2020
BENIN CITY, NIGERIA- APRIL/MAY 2020. Many of our survivors who were just emerging from sexual slavery and looking forward to starting their lives are suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic and mandatory lockdown that has resulted in many parts of Nigeria. Some are now homeless, others have had to close the small businesses we helped them […]
PJI’s ‘The Redemption Project’
March 21, 2020
In addition to the support we provide for survivors of trafficking who were trafficked outside of Nigeria, Pathfinders also intentionally seeks to rescue women in prostitution within Nigeria- whether they are being trafficked or voluntarily prostituting as a means to an end. Our local trafficking Project is ‘The Redemption Project,’ providing economic alternatives, free shelter, […]
NAPTIP Releases 2019 Report
March 21, 2020
ABUJA, NIGERIA- Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency, NAPTIP, has released its 2019 Report, highlighting its efforts in 2019 to combat human trafficking in all its forms in Nigeria. Highlights include the following: NAPTIP received a total of 915 cases in 2019, fully investigating only 203 (slightly down from 206 in 2018) and making 701 arrests (also down […]
Monthly Update on Human Trafficking News in Nigeria
February 17, 2020
Human Trafficking: Oba of Benin drums support for NAPTIP, Feb. 14/2020 “The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has promised to partner with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) through advocacy and empowerment in the fight against human trafficking.”https://guardian.ng/news/human-trafficking-oba-of-benin-drums-support-for-naptip/ Students Develop App to Trap Human Traffickers, Feb. 15/2020 A team […]
Monthly Update on the Latest News on Human Trafficking in Nigeria
January 31, 2020
Europe Spends Billions Stopping Migration. Good Luck Figuring Out Where the Money Actually Goes: Dec. 9/2019 This article by The Correspondent highlights how the European Union expended upwards of 770m Euros on fighting unsafe migration and human trafficking from Nigeria. Where has the money gone and has it paid off? Europe is the promised land […]
Are Nigerians Still the Problem In Europe’s “Migrant Crisis?”
January 31, 2020
JANUARY 31, 2020- LAGOS, NIGERIA. Annually, both IOM and UNHCR meticulously calculate and then publish their figures relating to land and sea arrivals of migrants into Europe. For years, these figures substantiated the European Union’s justification for what it considered a ‘migrant crisis.’ In 2019, IOM reported a total of 128,554 arrivals, while according to […]
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