The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) says 667 cases of domestic and sexual violence were recorded from July to September this year. Of the number, Alimosho Local Government Area has the highest number which was not disclosed. Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the Coordinator of the DSVRT, disclosed this on Thursday at Roundtable […]
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The United Nations released a report in early 2017 outlining a series of proposals to combat the problem of sexual abuse and exploitation within its peacekeeping missions. However, similar proposals to help victims had been put forward more than a decade ago. Here is a closer look at those proposals: REFORMS RECOMMENDED IN 2005: – […]
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Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Nigerian officials of sexually exploiting women and girls living in camps for victims of Boko Haram in the restive northeast. HRW said it had in July documented 43 cases of women and girls in seven internally displaced persons’ (IDP) camps in Maiduguri, the epicentre of the seven-year Islamist insurgency, […]
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