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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…
Survivor’s account: Grappling with trauma of rape and unwanted pregnancy
Deborah Joseph was 18 years old when life as she knew it ended. “It was a painful experience,” she recalled as she narrated being raped by her then-boyfriend, whom she trusted and in a space which she assumed was safe.
“He invited me to…
Treated differently: Untold pain of female children from violent homes
It is no news that domestic violence against women leads to far-reaching physical and psychological consequences, some with fatal outcomes on victims and their children. ADETOLA BADEMOSI tells the story of its impact on the girl-child.…