NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN EDO STATE: A CASE STUDY OF IDIA RENAISSANCE (2003-2019)

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ABSTRACT

In this study, attempt has been made in the foregoing to examine the role of Idia Renaissance Initiative in the fight against human trafficking, using Edo state as a case study, the emphasis is there are some factors that aid human trafficking like poverty and those mostly trafficked are women because of gender inequality.However, the girls were from poor homes. These girls are also from unstable family structures which expose them to human trafficking. The educational background of these girls was also low. Hence they were easily exposed to human trafficking. Because of the poverty situation of their families some of them were sent to relatives who promised to help them acquire education or skills but these relatives in some cases trafficked them. Some were promised greener pastures overseas and at the end these girls were trafficked and so many predicaments befell them which they recounted in the course of the interview.

The first chapter provided an introduction to the study. It consisted of aims and objectives, scope of the study, as well as the methodology and chapterization for the study. A literature review was also carried out in this chapter.

            The second chapter surveyed the historical antecedence of the establishment of Idia Renaissance in Benin City, Edo State. The chapter also captured the objectives, mission, and vision of the organization. The chapter also elucidated the nature of operation of the organization in the pursuance of their goals. The study inspect how the non-governmental ogranisation like Idia Renaissance which was set up by wife of the former governor of Edo State  to stop human trafficking and rehabilitate those who were trafficked and how the survivors in their narratives were counseled and there was follow up by (Idia Renaissance or other agencies of government) and also some were given seed fund to set up their business.

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