gender-based violence

I'll end gender-based violence, inequalities in Nigeria -President Tinubu vows President Bola Tinubu on Monday  vowed to  end all forms of gender-based violence and inequalities in the country. …

The Ogun State Government, on Wednesday, said it would provide a befitting accommodation for victims of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the state. Governor Dapo Abiodun made this known in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, when…

By Chibuzo Ihegboro A non-profit organisation, Women at Risk International Foundation, alongside the First Lady of Lagos State, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, and the United States Consular General to Lagos, Madam Claire Pierangelo, have called…

Anthonia Duru In curbing the reoccurring cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), a senior lecturer in the Department of Jurisprudence and International Laws, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Akoka, Dr. Asikia Karibi-Whyte, has…

Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, vowed that the State Government will continue to implement various initiatives aimed at stamping out the heinous crime of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the State, especially…

Anthonia Duru A study has shown that there was an upsurge in case of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in different parts of the country. According to a national survey carried out by Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre…

Senator Eze Ajoku, President, Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) on Friday said that older persons were also being violated and raped and called for urgent action to curb such nefarious acts. …

Kehinde Adewole, Ado Ekiti Wife of the Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has joined forces with other stakeholders including ministries of justice, health, police, and immigration among others to wage war against…

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, has urged Nigerian women and girls to break their silence and speak out against any form of gender-based violence against them. Abubakar made the call in Abuja…