EU to Invest N380 on Human Rights Projects
- By Simeon Ogoegbulem
- Published April 12th, 2010
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The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria has launched a financial support for various new projects that support democracy and human rights. The projects, which will run for two years, is expected to gulp over €1.8 million (about N380 million).
According to the EU, the projects will be implemented by non-governmental organizations (Ngos) in the country. The NGOs will be selected on a competitive basis and awarded grants by the EU Delegation in Nigeria.
BusinessWorld Intelligence can disclose that the priority areas that will receive funding from the EU under the project scheme include the following themes: Protection of the rights of children and young people (including actions aimed at addressing child trafficking), protection of women’s rights (including actions that support the implementation of the Convention Against All Forms of Discrimination against Women).
Other areas that will receive funding are actions that aim at the abolition of the death penalty, actions that target the prevention of torture and ill-treatment by state agencies, including extra-judicial killings, actions that aim at conflict prevention and/or resolution, especially in Nigerian societies deeply divided by religious and ethnic issues.
According to the EU, the projects will be implemented by non-governmental organizations (Ngos) in the country. The NGOs will be selected on a competitive basis and awarded grants by the EU Delegation in Nigeria.
BusinessWorld Intelligence can disclose that the priority areas that will receive funding from the EU under the project scheme include the following themes: Protection of the rights of children and young people (including actions aimed at addressing child trafficking), protection of women’s rights (including actions that support the implementation of the Convention Against All Forms of Discrimination against Women).
Other areas that will receive funding are actions that aim at the abolition of the death penalty, actions that target the prevention of torture and ill-treatment by state agencies, including extra-judicial killings, actions that aim at conflict prevention and/or resolution, especially in Nigerian societies deeply divided by religious and ethnic issues.
