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2021 FRLP
How Sokoto, Lagos residents are tackling sexual, gender-based violence
On Friday, July 9, Ifeoma Chukwuemeka (real name withheld) left Awka, capital of Anambra State, unaccompanied to Lagos on the invitation of one ‘Aunty Doris’ who had promised to take care of her in Nigeria’s commercial capital.
The…
Childhood Interrupted by Rape – A Documentary by Kimberly Nwachukwu
It is widely thought that in most cases of rape, the offender is a stranger. The fact is the majority of people who commit rape know their victims and, in some cases, are relatives, friends, neighbours, or colleagues.
This is a story of…
Our tales of sexual and gender-based violence, by teachers
Lecturers face sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), but it is not usually reported like when it happens to students. They told KOFOWOROLA BELO-OSAGIE why they do not like to talk about experiences that left them traumatised and what can…
Ochanya Ogbanje: ‘Three years afta her death, we still dey find justice’
"As she dey waka come meet me for di front of her house, her waka dey slow. Her face no shine. She just dey untie and re-tie her wrapper. She smile small shake my hand as we greet. As she raise her eyes look me, I no fit tell if she dey…
Butchered And Alone: Female IDPs In Benue State Lick Their Wounds
The ongoing farmer-herder crisis in Benue State, North-central Nigeria, has continued to displace people, most of whom are women who narrowly escape death and are still suffering because of the violence.
SGBV & Conspiracy of silence in Northern Nigeria
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNfI-zx361I
How Rivers State is Responding to Sexual Violence
Chisom Isaac was only in SS2 when she was first gang-raped by her classmate’s brothers and neighbour in July 2021. She got pregnant from the incident and dropped out of school.
“I want to go back to school and I want them arrested for…