Civil Society for the Eradication of Tuberculosis in Nigeria has called for community involvement and other stakeholders to coordinate efforts to end the rising cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria.
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The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs on Monday in Abuja endorsed the arrest of an Uyo-based legal practitioner, Mr Ekere Ebong, over his alleged assault on his wife.
A Senior Registrar at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Dr Mariam Shiru says health workers encounter women and men who experience Gender-Based Violence (GBV) on regular basi
Bauchi State government is to establish a mobile Court that will try perpetrators of Sexual and Gender Violence (SGBV) in communities.
Women experts ave called for more funding and male participation in ending Gender Based Violence (GBV) and its harmful traditional practices affecting women and girls in the country.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, said 27,698 cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) were recorded in six states between 2020-2023.
Stakeholders have urged media practioners to expose gaps that has hindered the elimination of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the country.
Dr Hadiza Balarabe, the Deputy Governor, of Kaduna State, on Sunday commissioned a renovated Women and Children Shelter to provide support for victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV).
Mrs. Olamide Lawal, a mother of three, recently pleaded with a court in Ibadan to grant her divorce on grounds that her husband beats and rapes her.