This is the fourth post to test backend sync
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3rd test for the app
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This is to test app sync
This is to test app categories and sync
Introduction
The lockdown measure in Nigeria was effective in reducing COVID-19 transmission, with closure of schools, movement restriction, and recommended home stays. In spite of these benefits, the COVID-19 lockdown resulted in varying levels of distress among individuals including domestic violence and other forms of violence against women, girls and children. Prior to the outbreak of […]
Wife Battering/Torture
Wife battering and torture include slapping, beating, arm twisting, stabbing, strangling, choking, kicking and many others which are harmful to health and well being of a woman. These acts liable to result to physical abuse have led to sudden death and incapacitation of many women in Nigeria. It is very important to state that wife […]
Marrying or giving an under-age girl into marriage (Early/ Forced Marriage)
Forced marriage/child marriage is a marriage in which an under aged girl or minor is given out for marriage without her consent or against her will. This occurs when the girl is below the statutory age of ‘18’. In other words, it is the marriage of a girl before the statutory year recognized by law. […]
Raping a woman or girl
It is the unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus or mouth of a girl/woman with or without force. Under both the Criminal Code and the Penal code, pretending to be the husband of a woman in order to have sexual intercourse with such woman is considered rape. Rape can […]
Child Defilement
Sexual Intercourse (sexual penetration) with a child is Child defilement. Safety tips for children or girl against rape: Children must know that every part of their body is private and should not be touched except for care and cautious affection. Children should be taught to play their role in their Personal Safety and Self Protection […]
Committing incest with a woman or girl-child
Incest is a sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry each other. Incest is human sexual activity between people in consanguinity (blood relations) and sometimes, those related by affinity (marriage or step family), adoption, clan or lineage. It is a crime in Nigeria by virtue of Section […]
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