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  • Tackling Rape Culture and Sexual Violence Amid Societal and Systemic Limitations in Nigeria

    Hadassah Egbedi

    May 18, 2020 |

    Ventures Africa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Stand To End Rape (STER) is a youth-led Nigerian NGO that works with sexual and gender abuse survivors by providing services, including psychosocial support and advocacy to address cultural norms of victim-blaming, shaming, and skepticism that keep sexual assault survivors from getting help. 173 cases were reported to STER in 2019 and they provided legal support to 55 individuals from those cases. STER also works with the Women at Risk International Foundation for medical care and a 24-hour confidential helpline that took 230 calls in the last 2 years, an important but small fraction of national cases.

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  • In Nigeria, a green stove addresses health, the environment and employment

    Hadassah Egbedi

    December 03, 2018 |

    Ventures Africa |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Green Energy Biofuels was created when Femi Oye wanted to find a cookstove that minimizes harm. The cookstove uses biofuel, which reuses waste, and the stove is also safer and more energy efficient. He estimates it has reduced carbon emissions by over 600,000 tons since the company began. Still, one challenge is convincing Nigerians to pay more, albeit for a safer appliance.

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