Adjudicating Gender-Based Persecution At The ICC & Beyond: A Monumental Step
Historically speaking, gender has not been viewed as a relevant category of persecution in international criminal law, whereas victimisation on…
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Press Statement: Justice for Chi, a 4-Year-Old that was Serially Molested and Sodomized by Her Father
Chi (full name withheld), a four-year-old girl was sexually harassed and molested her by father, Mr. Chukwudi Okpara, popularly known…
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BACK STORY OF THE DAY : Ending Violence Against Women And Girls Is A Collective Task
In Nigeria, the percentage of women who have experienced physical violence since age 15 has increased from 28 per cent…
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Breaking News: Man sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for raping two children, aged 5 and 7 in Cross River
The Family Court sitting in Calabar, Court in Cross River State has sentenced one Godswill Idongesit Brownson to 12 years…
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Why hasn’t the State Of Emergency on GBV in Nigeria been Enforced One Year After?
n June 2020, there were series of women-led protests across Nigeria following the rape and murder of a 22-year-old student…
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Nigeria: Bauchi Inaugurates Advisory Committee for Implementation of VAPP Law
Bauchi State has set a precedent in becoming the first State in the North East to pass the VAPP Act…
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89 men, 664 women victims of gender-based violence in Lagos – Official
A total of 753 gender-based violence reports were received within two years in Lagos State, the Ministry of Women Affairs…
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COVID-19 pandemic fueling gender-based violence in Nigeria – CEWHIN
THE Centre for Women’s Health and Information, CEWHIN, weekend, called for more collaboration to stem increasing cases of gender based…
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SAD: How beautiful young Lawyer, Barrister Adaeze Ikpeama was killed by her Husband
Another Beautiful Soul Lost To Domestic Violence When Barrister Adaeze Destiny Ikpeama got married to Anthony Elvis Ikpeama in 2014,…
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Sex-for-mark lecturer loses appeal in challenging conviction
The move by convicted and dismissed lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof Richard Akindele to upturn his conviction…
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