Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

Two NGOs, Global Peace Development and International Alert, have inaugurated a women and girls ‘safe-space’ to address Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and conflicts between Goska and Dangoma communities in Jama’a LGA of Kaduna…

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged relevant stakeholders to create more awareness about the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law in Edo. READ ALSO:SGBV: Foundation unveils plan to end menace The…

The President, National League of Women Voters (NILOWV), Mrs Irene Awunah-Ikyegh, has appealed to government at all levels to increase funding for gender units to enable the units to promptly tackle Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)…

Women’s Right and Health Project (WRAHP) has offered free community legal Clinic to 50 residents of Mosan-Okunola Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos. READ ALSO:NGO reiterates importance of community legal clinics The…

The Data Manager, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, Mr Sunday Agbakaba, has revealed that Nigeria recorded 27,698 Sexual and Gender Based Violence between 2020 and 2023. He stated this during the train-the-trainers workshop on the use of…

The Executive Director, Initiatives for Girls Right and Health Development (IGRHD) Mrs Ayodeji Awodoyin, has called on government to protect rights of the girl-child.  Awodoyin made the call at the 2023 annual Anti- Sexual and Gender Based…

Two NGOs, International Alert, and Global Peace Foundation, have requested for space to establish women and girls ‘safe-space’ (structure) to address Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Kudansa Community, Chukun LGA of Kaduna State.…

The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, on Sunday inaugurated a Women and Children Shelter to provide support for victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). The deputy governor said that the center, located on…

A Zamfara-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Voluntary Aid Initiative (VAI),  has sensitised residents of four communities against harmful cultural practices and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). The Executive Director of the…

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has commenced training programme for the police and other security personnel on handling Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) issues in Borno State. READ ALSO:SGBV: NGO holds community-based…