Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer and public speaker who is regarded as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature. She is the author of the award-winning novels Purple Hibiscus (2003),Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Americanah (2013). Her other works include the book essays We Should All Be Feminists (2014);Dear Ijeawele,or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (2017);a memoir tribute to her father,Notes on Grief (2021);and a children's book,Mama's Sleeping Scarf (2023).
The University of Nigeria,commonly referred to as UNN,is a federal university located in Nsukka,Enugu State,Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded in 1955 by Nnamdi Azikiwe who was the Governor General of Nigeria between 1960 and 1963,and first President of Nigeria between 1963 and 1966. The University of Nigeria Nsukka was formally opened on 7 October 1960. The University of Nigeria has three campuses in Enugu State–Nsukka,Enugu,and Ituku-Ozalla –and the Aba campus in Abia State.
The Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) is a university in Nigeria that was founded as Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH) on 30 July 1980,by the Executive Governor of Anambra State,Chief Dr Jim Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo. The creation of Enugu State out of Anambra State in 1991 by the then Military President General Ibrahim Gbadamasi Babangida,transformed ASUTECH into Enugu State University of Science and Technology.
Juan E. Méndez is an Argentine lawyer,former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel,Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,and a human rights activist known for his work on behalf of political prisoners.
Joy Uche Angela Ogwu is a former foreign minister of Nigeria and a former permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations in New York from 2008–2017. She is the first woman to hold the post of Permanent Representative to the United Nations from Nigeria. Prior to her ministerial career,Ogwu,who is from Delta State,served as Director–General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA).
The continent of Africa is one of the regions most rife with contemporary slavery. Slavery in Africa has a long history,within Africa since before historical records,but intensifying with the trans-Saharan and Indian Ocean slave trade and again with the trans-Atlantic slave trade;the demand for slaves created an entire series of kingdoms which existed in a state of perpetual warfare in order to generate the prisoners of war necessary for the lucrative export of slaves. These patterns persisted into the colonial period during the late 19th and early 20th century. Although the colonial authorities attempted to suppress slavery from about 1900,this had very limited success,and after decolonization,slavery continues in many parts of Africa despite being technically illegal.
Day for Darfur is an international advocacy campaign that works to bring together activists in cities around the globe in calling for action on the crisis in Darfur,western Sudan.
Kingsley Chiedu Moghalu OON is a Nigerian political economist. He served as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,appointed by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua,from 2009 to 2014. He subsequently taught at Tufts University as Professor of Practice in International Business and Public Policy at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy from 2015 to 2017. He was the presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in the country's general election in February 2019.
Ruchira Gupta is a journalist and activist. She is the founder of Apne Aap,a non-governmental organisation that works for women's rights and the eradication of sex trafficking.
Nigeria is a source,transit,and destination country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons including forced labour and forced prostitution. The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2 Watchlist" in 2017. Trafficked people,particularly women and children,are recruited from within and outside the country's borders –for involuntary domestic servitude,sexual exploitation,street hawking,domestic servitude,mining,begging etc. Some are taken from Nigeria to other West and Central African countries,primarily Gabon,Cameroon,Ghana,Chad,Benin,Togo,Niger,Burkina Faso,and the Gambia,for the same purposes. Children from other West African states like Benin,Togo,and Ghana –where Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) rules allow for easy entry –are also forced to work in Nigeria,and some are subjected to hazardous jobs in Nigeria's granite mines. Europe,especially Italy and Russia,the Middle East and North Africa,are prime destinations for forced prostitution. Nigerians accounted for 21% of the 181,000 migrants that arrived in Italy through the Mediterranean in 2016 and about 21,000 Nigerian women and girls have been trafficked to Italy since 2015.
Egypt is a source,transit,and destination country for women and children who are subjected to trafficking in persons,specifically forced labor and forced prostitution.
The Society for Family Health (SFH) is a pan-African non governmental organisation (NGO),founded in 1983 and incorporated in 1985.
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro is an Italian judge and policy-maker.
Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals wholly or partly due to their gender or sex. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles. Gender inequality in Nigeria is influenced by different cultures and beliefs. In most parts of Nigeria,women are considered subordinate to their male counterparts,especially in Northern Nigeria as well as in other sectors including the Nigeria music industry,politics,and education sector. It is generally believed that women are best suited as home keepers.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) is a law enforcement agency of the federal government of Nigeria. It was established in July,2003 to combat human trafficking and other similar human rights violations.
Rita Orji is a Nigerian-Canadian computer scientist who is a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology and the Director of the Persuasive Computing Lab at Dalhousie University. Her work is in the area of human–computer interaction with a major focus on designing interactive systems to achieve health and well being objectives. She has won over 70 awards and recognitions from both national and international organizations. She has addressed a United Nations panel about the status of women and at the Parliament of Canada.
Lolo Cecilia Ezeilo is a Nigerian politician,lawyer,philanthropist and television presenter,who served as Deputy Governor of Enugu State from May 2015 to May 2023.
Parosha Chandran is a Professor of Practice in Modern Slavery Law in The Dickson Poon School of Law,King's College London. She is also a human rights barrister at One Pump Court and an expert advisor on human trafficking law for the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
Ngozi Therese Chuma-Udeh is a Nigerian professor of English. She is a teacher,an orator,academic,novelist,poet,and activist for women and children. She served as the University Orator at Anambra State University from 2012 to 2017 and is currently the Commissioner for the Anambra State Ministry of Education and the Secretary,Anambra State Education Advisory Board.
Florence Onyebuchi Orabueze is a poet,writer and a Nigerian professor of English and literary studies. She was a former director of the Institute of African studies of the institution,the founder of the Grace Uzoma Okonkwo Foundation and a member of Nigerian Academy of Letters.
