Gender-based violence
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Opinion
Zero tolerance for Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria
Because it is imperative that Nigeria addresses the scourge of rape and gender-based violence with urgency and determination, an annual…
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News
Outrage after two women paraded naked in India
A video showing two women being paraded naked by a mob in the violence-hit north-eastern state of Manipur has sparked…
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News
Six Anambra boys gang-rape 19-year-old girl
Six suspects identified as Afam Ezenwa, Chijioke Ifeanyi, Collins Obadom, Abuchi Okechukwu, Chima Obiekezie and Sunday Okafor have been arrested…
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News
Farmer defiles 10-year-old girl in Kaduna building
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Monday, ordered that a 40-year-old farmer, Zakaria Bulus, be remanded in…
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News
Lagos doctor remanded for allegedly defiling wife’s niece
The medical director, Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, has been remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for allegedly…
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Views
On the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
November 25 marked the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which ends on International Human Rights…
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News
NGO, Women Africa, releases report on gender-based violence in Nigeria
A non-governmental organization, Women Initiative for Leadership Strategy and Innovation in Africa (Women Africa) has released a report on the…
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News
Senate approves Human Rights Fund to tackle sexual, gender-based violence, others
The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to reposition the National Human Rights Commission by establishing the National Human Rights…
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News
30-year-old man arraigned for defiling 2-year-old girl in Adamawa
A high court sitting in Yola, presided by Justice Helen Hammanjoda has remanded a 30-year-old suspected rapist, Ali Ibrahim, in…