Betty Abah

thumb|Betty Abah in 2018 Betty Abah (born March 6, 1974) is a Nigerian journalist, author and a women and children's rights activist. She is the founder and Executive Director of CEE HOPE, a girl-child rights and development non-profit organization based in Lagos State. She studied English and literary studies from the University of Calabar in 1999, where she earned her first degree and further studied English literature in the University of Lagos in 2012, where she got her master's degree. Quotes The girl child is just like an egg that can easily be damaged through teenage pregnancy, sexual abuse etc, hence, the need to protect them. Your dreams will come true. Speaking on the Girl Child (October 19 2021) When the legendary Nelson Mandela made his famous quote ‘there can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children' he most likely had the humanity-indicting apartheid system in mind. Were he alive now and a Nigerian, he would have replaced the last strand of the sentence with ‘the way in which it allows the tobacco industry, merchants of death, to toy with the lives and destinies’ of its children. "Our Threatened ‘Pikins” And The Tobacco Profiteers By Betty Abah", Sahara Reporters (July 20, 2014) When you know your stand and stay consistently by it, eventually you will prevail. IIDN Feature: Betty Abah on her journey of tackling equity shortfalls in Lagos slums", Initiative for Inclusive Dialogue in Nigeria (March 20, 2018) Most people who violate the right of others are cowards. Once you draw attention to their crimes, once you stand up to them they withdraw and people are safe speaking on human rights 2019 The poor also have rights to the city and there are more humane and inclusive ways of running ‘a mega city’ than the brutal and sledgehammer approach that currently obtains here. Speaking on human rights ... A country is deemed great that truly cares about its children aka pikins, and the most vulnerable. "Our Threatened ‘Pikins” And The Tobacco Profiteers By Betty Abah", Sahara Reporters (July 20, 2014) “I write on women’s issues. I push women’s issues.” Some women have found expression in their own writings — Betty Abah, Writer/ActivistVanguardNews(February 2, 2017) “Women’s voices were stifled in the early writings, just as in real life.” Some women have found expression in their own writings — Betty Abah, Writer/ActivistVanguardNews(February 2, 2017) “Children have their rights; they are human beings like you and I.” ‘Psychologically, we abuse children unknowingly’The Guardians(September 17,2016) “Let our girls be girls, left alone to mature and get quality education” RUN Documentary: Arts meet advocacyTheNation(February 12, 2017 ) “No child deserves to be left behind.” Int’l Girl Day: CEE-HOPE calls for bridging gender digital divideVanguardNews(October 19, 2021) “We must do something about the reading culture in Nigeria.” Some women have found expression in their own writings — Betty Abah, Writer/ActivistVanguardNews(February 2, 2017) “If we are not reading then it means we are not ready to keep up with, let alone dominate the world” Some women have found expression in their own writings — Betty Abah, Writer/ActivistVanguardNews(February 2, 2017) nobody has paid attention to how women and their children are affected with their occupation — farming. Warring to green the earththeguardianlifemagazine.blogspot.com(August 10, 2009) Their farmlands are no longer okay for cultivation, they breathe in fumes, and the pregnant ones keep on having miscarriages or stillbirths. Women in the region have varied cases of cancer ranging from the skin, cervical to lung as a result of gas inhalation. Many of them are illiterate and have been directly rendered hopeless. Warring to green the earththeguardianlifemagazine.blogspot.com(August 10, 2009) when there is any reconciliation between or among parties, it is always about the men. The women are usually excluded in the discussion, thereby leaving them helpless and making them to put their problems on witchcraft, which is not real. But empowering them, especially the displaced ones will enable them to fend for themselves and their children. Warring to green the earththeguardianlifemagazine.blogspot.com(August 10, 2009) Imagine that due to unavailability of the sanitary pad, a child misses school. Since govt gives free condoms for sex, why not free pads for girls’ – child rights activistVanguardNews(June 6, 2019) Some resort to the use of rags and other things that are harmful to health, this is not supposed to be so. Since govt gives free condoms for sex, why not free pads for girls’ – child rights activistVanguardNews(June 6, 2019) The government distributes free condoms for sex which is by choice and I believe that if they can do that, why not also distribute free sanitary pads to women and girls for their monthly menstrual flow which is never by choice. Since govt gives free condoms for sex, why not free pads for girls’ – child rights activistVanguardNews(June 6, 2019) We believe that by empowering girls on ICT, we are closing the gap of gender inequality because there’s a very big gap when you talk about women in technology, compared to their male counterparts especially in Africa and obviously in Nigeria. Women are held down by obsolete laws – Abahnewtelegraph(March 19, 2021) We are trying to see how we can encourage girls in ICT, especially girls that do not have enough opportunities because this is the age of internet. We are empowering women to stand for their right. Women are held down by obsolete laws – Abahnewtelegraph(March 19, 2021) ICT is one of the tools needed in empowering girls. Women are held down by obsolete laws – Abahnewtelegraph(March 19, 2021) I believe that God creates men and women equal. Now, there are traditional nuances that compel women to defer to men in circumstances. Women are held down by obsolete laws – Abahnewtelegraph(March 19, 2021) I believe that if we can implement the avalanche of laws we have on genderbased violence, we would not be lamenting the rising rate of violence,either against minors or against intimate partners that we have at hand. Women are held down by obsolete laws – Abahnewtelegraph(March 19, 2021) As you know, children in Nigeria are some of the most endangered in the world, not by hearsay but well-articulated researches by internationals bodies (UNICEF, UNESCO, UNFPA, Save Our Children etc.) 5 Minutes with Betty Abah, Executive Director, CEE-HOPEconnectnigeria.com(March 17, 2017) There is also an alarming increase in incidences of sexual abuse of children across the country. 5 Minutes with Betty Abah, Executive Director, CEE-HOPEconnectnigeria.com(March 17, 2017) How can we be their voices? How can we help them outgrow the negative tags imposed by society and sometimes reinforced by government? 5 Minutes with Betty Abah, Executive Director, CEE-HOPEconnectnigeria.com(March 17, 2017) we believe that engaging these children, giving them a sense of belonging, of love, of responsibility, and empowering them via educational scholarships and other educational support (eg summer school programmes), grooming their potentials, rehabilitating them (eg enrolling teenage mothers back in school) and mentoring them makes so much difference. 5 Minutes with Betty Abah, Executive Director, CEE-HOPEconnectnigeria.com(March 17, 2017) With time the child becomes disillusioned then radicalised by the environment and becomes vulnerable to all sorts of bad influences e.g. fundamentalism, criminal gangs, prostitution or trafficking rings etc. 5 Minutes with Betty Abah, Executive Director, CEE-HOPEconnectnigeria.com(March 17, 2017) My favourite quote is ‘With God, nothing is impossible.’ IIDN Feature: Betty Abah on her journey of tackling equity shortfalls in Lagos slums /March 20, 2018iidn(March 20, 2018) My guiding principle in life is — do good, it not only enriches humanity but it comes back to you in several folds. IIDN Feature: Betty Abah on her journey of tackling equity shortfalls in Lagos slums /March 20, 2018iidn(March 20, 2018) I have always been involved in working with and for the voiceless minority in the society, mostly women and children. IIDN Feature: Betty Abah on her journey of tackling equity shortfalls in Lagos slums /March 20, 2018iidn(March 20, 2018) We are involved in various initiatives aimed at the empowerment of vulnerable girls and children in general. IIDN Feature: Betty Abah on her journey of tackling equity shortfalls in Lagos slums /March 20, 2018iidn(March 20, 2018) Every segment of the society must be continuously educated on GBV, using approaches and mediums that best reach them. Activists on 16-day activismallure(December 6,2021) Laws relating to GBV must be followed and court judgments against perpetrators must be implemented. Activists on 16-day activismallure(December 6,2021) Support systems and programs for survivors must be emplaced and adequately resourced. Activists on 16-day activismallure(December 6,2021) At Gender Mobile Initiative, we join the rest of the world in this global action through a series of virtual and physical events focused on galvanizing actions to dismantle patriarchy, deconstruct social norms and strengthen the voices of women to end violence against women and girls. Activists on 16-day activismallure(December 6,2021) External links Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Women journalists from Nigeria Category:Women activists from Nigeria Category:Women's rights activists Category:Children's rights activists Category:Women born in the 1970s