UNICEF, foundation rescue over 20 girls from early marriage in Sokoto

UNICEF, foundation rescue over 20 girls from early marriage in Sokoto

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the Eleva Foundation, has rescued no fewer than 20 adolescent girls from early marriages in Sokoto State in the last two months. Nenman Calvin, a Counselor with Child-Friendly Space Centre, disclosed this while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a field trip to the centre in Dange Shuni LGA, Sokoto state. According to her, the organisations have succeeded in rescuing the…

In the town of Punta Cardón of the Falcón state, authorities rescued a teenage girl who had been locked up and abused by her former partner. The fact was reported by the father of the 16-year-old girl, at the headquarters of Policarirubana, where she said that her daughter had been kidnapped in a house against [...] La entrada Rescue a young girl kidnapped by her ex-partner in Falcón was first published in Foco Informativa.