Today we celebrate the First Lady of Lagos State Dr Claudiana Ibironke Sanwo-Olu for her efforts at leading advocates against Abuse, Domestic Violence in Lagos State.

It's the second day in Women's Month and we're recognizing the efforts of Mrs Adenike Essiet of @actionhealthinc for more than three decades of advocacy on women and girl's health and empowerment.

THEME: COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE- WORKING ON THE FRONTLINE TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING

The United Nations defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation.

RESPONDING TO THE TRAFFICKING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
UNODC’S Theme for this Year’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

Although the magnitude of the problem of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants in Nigeria is underscored by the lack of empirical statistical data, there is however abundant evidence that thousands of Nigerian women and millions of children are being trafficked externally across Borders and within the country.