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 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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sexual harassment is an unwelcome sexual behavior or contact that is offensive, humiliating or intimidating. It can be committed by writing, verbally or physically. It can also happen in person or online. Section 63 of the Ekiti State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Law 2019 defines sexual harassment as an unwanted conduct of a sexual nature or […]
Sexual exploitation is defined to be a sexual abuse in which persons of any age take advantage of a power imbalance to force or entice a girl/woman into engaging in sexual activity in return for something received by the girl/woman. These can as well be received by those perpetrating or facilitating the abuse. It includes […]
Sexual abuse & trafficking involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labour or commercial sex acts. It is a form of sexual exploitation and considered modern day slavery. It is also the recruitment, habouring, transportation, provision or obtaining of an individual who under threat, force, fraud or coercion is […]
Forced labour is any work or service which a woman or girl is forced to do against her will, under threat of punishment. It is any work a woman or girl is exposed to against her will with the threat of destitution, detention, violence including death, compulsion or other forms of hardship. Safety tips against […]
