Raise A Voice Challenge 1.0: MacArthur, ICPC, Actors, Others Set To 'Break The Cycle' Of Rape, Other Vices


With a report by the Nigerian police that 717 rape cases were recorded
between January and May, 2020, NGOs and Civil Society Organisations that have the capacity to address this kind of offenses, have been cooperating with law enforcement agencies in capacity building, management of victims of rape and similar offenses, using various mediums.


Also, because of the COVID-19 restrictions, there is now a surge in cases of domestic violence, police brutality, rape and other gender-based violence.

This was the reason High Definition Film Studio and
Film For Impact Foundation organized an Online Film Festival tagged 'Raise A Voice Challenge 1.0', with a theme: 'Break The Cycle', to inspire established and upcoming filmmakers and actors across the continent to lend their voices to social vices that have gone unresolved for long, and whose cycle needs to be broken.

With highly resourceful people like, Dr. Kole Shittima, African Director, MacArthur Foundation, Ms. Osai Ojigho, Country Director, Amnesty International, Azuka Chinelo Agugua, Acting Head of Public Enlightenment (ICPC), Hamza Lawal, Chief Executive, Connected Development, Odey Friday, Country Director, Accountability Lab. Nigeria and CSP Francis Erhabor of the Nigeria Police Force, Dorothy Njemanze, Executive Director DN Foundation, all attending as special guests and speakers, the competition/award ceremony is set to highlight the problems and also profer solution and hope.

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