POLICY BRIEF: PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN AGAINST SGBV IN KANO STATE (Kididdiga)

In recent times, Kano has been plagued with prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence cases. Although this is not an issue peculiar to Kano alone. From 2017 to 2020, the sexual assault referral center (SARC -WARAKA) in Kano has attended to 2158 cases of SGBV. These statistics reveal that 84.9 percent of children in Kano have faced one form of violence or another in their childhood.  ...Read More

TRAINING MANUAL FOR DIVISONAL STATION OFFICERS, CRIME INSPECTORS, INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICERS AND PROSECUTORS OF THE PLATEAU STATE POLICE COMMAND ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE ADMINISTARTION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAW 2018

PWAN has developed this “Training Manual for Divisional Stations Officers, Crime Inspectors, Investigating Police officers and Prosecutors” of Plateau State Police Command on ACJL 2018. The manual will assist officers of Plateau State Police Command and other states to improve their investigative and prosecutorial skills in the course of delivery of justice.DOWNLOAD Read More

LAWS PROTECTING CHILDREN AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) IN KANO STATE

Some of the provisions in these laws protect the welfare, custody, adoption, and foster care of children. Others, prohibit hawking, trading, child labour, offences of GBV against children, custody of a child in remand home and educational structure of a child when a child commits an offence.   DOWNLOAD Read More

PWAN’s ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2019

“The criminal justice system is too important and crucial in the fabric of a democratic state to have agencies that are inefficient and are not being held accountable.” – Kemi Okenyodo     DOWNLOAD PWAN's ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019 Read More

THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON NIGERIAN WOMEN

A rapid assessment of the impact of the lockdown on women across the country conducted by The Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN), has revealed amongst other issues, that there has been an increase in reporting of sexual and gender-based violence related offences across the country since the lockdown began. The economy of the country has not...Read More

POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

#BlackLivesMatter and #NigerianLivesMatter Recent weeks saw protests across Africa, including in Nigeria, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement happening in the United States that later snowballed across major cities around the world. These protests have been matched with powerful government statements across Africa.; but while the killing of George Floyd, who died when a white...Read More

PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT – ENGAGGING CHILDREN TO COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMISM

The impact of armed conflict in Nigeria has created a fertile ground in the increase of the high prevalence of mental health problems among survivors. The North East is one of such regions in Nigeria that has experienced the post-traumatic symptoms of conflict that has affected both young and old as well as children who have to bear the brunt of these conflict. PWAN through its...Read More

AN ASSESSMENT OF COVID-19 ON THE JUDICIARY

There are several researches aimed at unravelling the impact of COVID-19 on the various sectors of governance and economy. This assessment aims at highlighting the impact of the pandemic on the judicial sector in general, and its impact on women as it relates to speedy trials and dispensation of justice in cases of sexual and gender-based violence in particular. In addition, the socio-economic...Read More

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY SECTOR INSITITUTIONS(SSIS)

INTRODUCTION On December 8, 2019, pneumonia cases of unknown origin were identified in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province in China. The pathogen has since been identified as a novel enveloped Ribo Nucleic Acid (RNA) beta coronavirus that has currently been named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2). This novel coronavirus (nCoV) was identified by Chinese...Read More

POLICY BRIEF: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY 2019

In 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan signed and launched Nigeria’s first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) to serve as the overarching national strategy document in framing the country’s pursuit of its national security. The NSS was presented as a framework for a holistic and more coordinated approach and response to security challenges in the country. The development of the 2014...Read More