Partners
WOCON has over the years developed a number of national and international partnerships. Networking and international outreach is indeed an integral part of our strategy as trafficking in persons (TIP) and gender rights are issues which not only affect the people of Nigeria but are a global issue which must be addressed. The following is a sample list of our major local and international organizations with whom we work in close collaboration with:
The Advocacy Project, a Washington DC based
NGO, supports grassroots human rights organizations around the world by
providing them with assistance in terms of capacity building, information
technology and awareness campaigns.
TAMPEP
Based in Italy, the TAMPEP association is
fighting against the system of coercion and exploitation of women and minors,
victims of human trafficking and sexual abuse. It favors the social integration
of the migrants by collaborating with an operating network to tackle all the
problems related with the accommodation and the access to sanitary services.
The activities of TAMPEP are focused on the safeguard of the health of women and
children through HIV prevention and of other sexual-transmitted diseases;
orientation regarding the social services, access to sanitary services and
potential vocational training opportunities; psychological support; housing
assistance; data collection; training courses for cultural mediators, peer
educators and street workers and cultural promotion through the organization of
conferences, meetings, art-exhibitions and publications. Based on the
possibilities offered by Article 18 (Legislative decree of the 25th July 1998,
n. 286) TAMPEP also assists victims who are prepared to denounce traffickers in
court.
WOCON and TAMPEP are now exchanging best
practices on how to sensitize the Italian and Nigerian civil society on these
issues, especially where the victims are migrant women originally from Nigeria
and are forced into prostitution once they arrive in Europe.
WILDAF
The Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF)
is a Non-Governmental and non-profit making, Pan African Regional Network of
individuals and Non-Governmental Organizations. It was established in Harare,
Zimbabwe in 1990 at a Regional Conference following a year long process of
analysis, needs assessment training and planning by representatives of women’s
groups in Fourteen (14) African Countries.
WiLDAF’s mission is to bring together
organizations and individuals using a variety of tools including law to promote
a culture for the exercise of and the respect for Women’s Rights in Africa. The
organization has conducted various capacity building training workshops on
management of NGOs, leadership, strategic planning, fund raising and proposal
writing skills.
WiLDAF (Nigeria) pioneered the protest on the brutal killing of a 19 years old
female Nigeria deportee, Semira Adamu by the Belgian authorities which was
effective in generating public governments positive reaction to the issue of
violence against the deceased young female deportee.