Gender-based Violence Overall, 11.9 percent of female respondents had ever experienced some form of sexual violence (Table 9). There was no significant difference between reported sexual violence by geographic location (data not shown). About 9.9 percent of females reported someone had tried to force them to have sex while 7.8 percent had actually been raped...
Men are liars when they do not acknowledge that after spending all their lives trying (in weird and abusive ways sometimes) to protect their women from other men, that men aren't a collection of fears to women. It is unfair and insensitive to then belittle the fear from where the generalization comes from.
My name is Omekedo Oby. I am a young black writer. I own my blog and the link above belongs to me. I have publications related to feminism, awareness of sexual abuse, and young women in general. I am also a freelance writer and I am open to taking new jobs.
Online gender-based violence has been recognized as a challenge to achieve gender equality for women. In the past few decades, information and communication technologies (ICT) have provided society with many new communication opportunities. For example, people can communicate in real-time with others in different countries using various technologies such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),...
As a young girl growing up in the Northern part of Nigeria, I was bold among family and friends but shy to strangers. Life begun for me in secondary school when I joined the Red Cross Society and was trained as a Home Nurse. The experience was exciting, and I discovered I enjoyed being of help...
Nigeria ranks one of the countries with lowest in index global gender equality and with the highest number of domestic violence record; female genital mutilations and other harmful practices which have many over-bearing influences on female gender because of factors such as; religious doctrines, dogmas, legal restraint, cultural ideologies and low level of education of...
We cry out against this inhumane ordeal that has befallen us Some of Our men no longer defend and protect us from evil Rather they have the culprit themselves What crime have we committed against humanity to deserve such inhumane act? What crime have we committed for being Women and Girls? What crime...
WVL-Nigeria Factsheet Year 1 The project seeks to support Local Women’s Rights Organizations (LWROs) and their movements in their efforts to eliminate discrimination and rights violations in policy and legislation and the provision of services, as well as harmful social beliefs and practices in Nigeria. Read More :
Widening insecurity in Nigeria in the face of covid-19, political economic analysis. Tensions arising from conflicts and insecurity are detrimental to the economy as well as the security well-being of a nation, as it poses a significant challenge to business operations and development in general. Read More : PEA on Widening Insecurity in Nigeria ...
The Nigerian State is no stranger to acts of terrorism. The fourth republic has witnessed outbursts of violence and direct attacks from organized groups such as the Boko Haram sect, MEND (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta), IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) although only Boko Haram and IPOB were classified by the Nigerian...