El Centro de Estudios e Iniciativas para el Desarrollo
El Centro de Estudios e Iniciativas para el Desarrollo (Centre for Development Studies and Initiatives, CEID) is an independent non-governmental organisation that has been advocating for the protection of social and economic rights of citizens of Equatorial Guinea since 1997.
Human rights defenders’ work is severely limited, and they have faced repeated reprisals, threats, stigmatisation, harassment, and arbitrary arrests and detention. There are no legally recognized independent human rights organisations in Equatorial Guinea, and the government is suspicious of human rights activity as being anti-government. Human rights defenders have been suspended from their jobs for their legitimate and peaceful activities. Women human rights defenders work in an even more hostile atmosphere as violence against women is reported to be widespread, sexual harassment is not illegal, and, legally, women are restricted in their right to own property and their right to inheritance.
