Ridiculous! The Assam Rape Festival In #India Has Begun This Week

This isn't only disgusting, it's shameful that a country is setting aside a festival to celebrate men raping women. I mean, in this generation where we are fighting to #EndRape, some people are celebrating the act. They even included an hotline for people who wants to participate. This one pass me, please read more. 

According to the National Report, men in India are already beginning to celebrate as the annual Assam Rape Festival is just days away. Every non-married girl age 7-16 will have the chance to flee to safety or get raped.

Video: Sexually Abused Children in Light of Hope Orphanage Cry Out for Justice!

       

Please click HERE to watch the video

Children in Light of Hope Orphanage are being sexually abused by the Director of the Orphanage (who they call 'Pastor,' but at this point, we don't care!) Mr Atunde. Two children from the orphanage reported that Mr Atunde had sexually abused them for more than 3 years. The man was arrested and the children taken out of the orphanage. The case is presently in court, but it seems like nothing is being done. Barely two weeks after Project Alert, an organization advocating against violence against women and girls, took the girls in their shelter, the Ogun State government returned the girls back to the (abusive) shelter on some baseless reasons. Mr Tunde, who sexually abuses these girls in his orphanage has been granted bail (by who?) and is now punishing these girls for speaking out. This sexual abuser walks free, while the Ogun State Government Ministry of Women Affairs is quite about the case. Project Alert has asked us to help with creating more awareness about the case and we implore you to help us in this fight for JUSTICE! Please join us in screaming out loud on Facebook, Twitter and in the media to ensure that justice is served. Suggestions on plausible tactics to use will be very much appreciated. Thank you!

Father and His Friend Rape and Kill 17YO Daughter for Eloping with Boy.

                                                       

How desperately wicked the heart of man is! TOI reports that a 17-year-old girl who had eloped to Mumbai with her boyfriend from Uttar Pradesh was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by her father and his friend on October 31 in the jungles of Kashimira. She was reportedly four months pregnant.

The accused men were arrested on Monday and remanded in police custody till November 15. "They have independently confessed to the rape and murder," said senior inspector Fatehsinh Patil of Kashimira police.

#Nigeria: 16YO Girl Raped to a Coma in #Ogun

I'm really sad this happened in my very own state. According to reports from Vanguard News, a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) has been reportedly hospitalised after she was allegedly raped to coma by some unknown men in  Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.

Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at 8 p.m. on Monday on her way back home from where she was sent on an errand.

The Battle of Sexes by Abimbola Abiola

I grew up in an environment where the girls were ordered not to talk when the elders did. It was a sin to share your opinion, argue your thoughts in actuality we had no right or freedom of speech. We were meant to act dumb even though we had active minds. Obedience meant silence, silence wasn’t an option, it was forcibly imposed, it was part of our lives; you abide by this makes you an obedient child, you don’t and there's an unfortunate stigma attached to your name.

#Nigeria: Court Remands Teenagers over Gang-Rape in #Ibadan

The Punch reports that, an Ibadan Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku on Monday remanded two teenagers, Yekini Kazeem (18) and Ifeanyi Ezekiel (18) for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl.

Kazeem and Ezekiel were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and rape.

#Nigeria: Prophet in Court over Attempted Rape Charge in #Lagos

The amount of rape cases in  Nigeria is alarming! It has become something I read about daily and I wonder, why? The ineffectiveness of the justice system is now propelling men to think they can just rape anyhow abi???

News reaching us from the Punch is that, a 35-year-old prophet, Favour Emmanuel, on Monday appeared before an Ojokoro Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, over an allegation that he attempted to rape a female worshipper "Anna."

Rape: The Victim, Society & Breaking the Silence.

One day at lunch, a group of four young men seated by me were having a discussion about a rape video. They chatted so loudly about it I had no problem tuning my ears for better reception. Any ways, even though they had no knowledge of the perpetrator and victim, they spoke as if they did. All except one agreed that the lady deserved what she got and was to be blamed. The lady represented a case study related to their own experiences.

I listened as they bragged about their rape escapades giving counts of the number of girls they'd raped as proofs. Some were hailed for ‘doing’ more than the others. To them, rape is an act of dominance and gaining control over difficult unwilling girls ––  it's used punish and degrade them.

Things Not to Say to a Rape Survivor.

Hello guys so we have running sessions on how to help a rape survivor recover (check older posts). Please we are begging you, never use words such as these on a rape survivor (not withstanding the gender). Doing this will open re-open their wounds. Thank you.

"Were you drunk?"


"What were you wearing?"

#Nigeria: Man Married with Two Wives, Rapes Neighbours Two Year Old Daughter in #Oyo

Yes people, I have come again with another heartbreaking story. Sometimes, it really gets depressing to imagine what these young girls might have gone through during a rape. This is just a case of covetousness. After two wives, what else could a man possibly want? I really need your views on this one. Read more...

A 34-year-old commercial driver, Olawale Ojo, living in Oyo state has been arrested by the Oyo Police Command for defiling his neighbour’s two-year-old daughter.

#Nigeria: 34YO Man Rapes Girl, 13, to Death in #Ekiti

They have done it again! All these men that cannot control their libido have ruined another young child's future. Report from Daily Post states that a 34-year-old man has raped a 13-year-old girl to death in a cocoa plantation at Eyio Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Council area of Ekiti State.

The suspect identified as Sunday, a co-labourer with parents of the girl in the plantation, last Monday, tricked the teenager to the location and forceful have intercourse with her.

#Nigeria: Three Men Gang-Rape 15YO Girl in #Lagos

Not again! Three men have allegedly gang-raped a 15-year old girl at the Ikorodu area of Lagos, as the police are alleged to be threatening the victim’s parents to settle the matter out of court.
The state government had earlier blamed the police for frustrating rape cases by threatening victims and their families to withdraw their cases. Two of the men have been arraigned at one of the newly established Family Courts in Ikeja for allegedly raping the girl.

#Nigeria: Farmer Bags 15 years Imprisonment for Raping Minor in #Jigawa

Wonders shall never end! Apparently some farmers cultivate both crops and under aged girls, how despicable! Instead of brainstorming on strategies to help our agricultural sector, they are working on destroying a girl's future. We'll come say hello in the prison sir!  Read more on the farmer's story...

The Punch reports that a Hadejia High Court in Jigawa on Wednesday sentenced a 25-year-old farmer, Umar Yakubu, to 15-year imprisonment, without an option of fine, for raping an eight-year-old girl.

An Open Letter to Men

Dear men,

God made you strong, prestigious, courageous and tolerant; you are independent, you strive to make it, and you never get tired of working hard because you know you have no one to rely on but God. You have strength in you that cannot be found in any woman. I cannot overemphasize how uniquely you have been made by the creator. That is why you dominate more, God made you the leader!

I am not writing this letter just to praise you but to remind you of who you are. You are not weak but strong. It appears that many men have lost their strength and prestige. I know exactly what I am mean by that, you will understand better as you read further. If you are a man and you can't overlook certain things and learn to forgive, you might have made some mistakes by misusing the strength God has given to you.

#Nigeria: Five Men Arrested for Raping Nine-Year-Old Girl

Not again! This goes to show that we have a lot to do in ending rape in Nigeria! How long will the justice system keep allowing this rapists back on the streets to keep doing this?

The Punch has reports that, the Plateau State Police Command has arrested five suspects for allegedly gang-raping a nine-year-old girl, (names withheld), in Jos.

The police also said they arrested a native doctor, Emmanuel Bala, for raping his 14-year-old patient.