Gender & SGBV
HumAngle’s Gender Desk tracks incidents of gender-based violence. It also reports policy gaps as they affect gender issues. It focuses on GBV issues in conflict areas, displacement camps, other large-scale conflict situations, and post-conflict circumstances (e.g. experiences of widows). It also looks at the issues of sex for food and rape as a weapon of war.
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Beyond the Seizures: How Epilepsy Affects Nigerian Women
Fatima Malumfashi’s life took a dramatic turn when, at just eight years old, she underwent her first exorcism in Sokoto…
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Cameroon Records 10 Femicide Cases in January 2025
Ten femicide cases were recorded in Cameroon in January 2025 alone, the country’s Central Bureau of Census and Population Studies,…
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The Alarming Rise of Femicide in Cameroon
Christina Ekobena* has lived in Douala in Francophone Cameroon for five years. She was forced to relocate outside her native…
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Abandoned by Her Father, This Young Woman Struggles with the Emotional Fallout of Neglect
Maryam Umar’s* father had faded into the background of her life for the past eight years. Before then, he was…
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Teenager Faces Motherhood, Stigma, After Sexual Assault in Nigeria’s North East
At just 18, Asabe Hamisu’s* days in Tashan Kurma, a rural neighbourhood in Damaturu, Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria, are…
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Cradling Babies, Forsaking Dreams: Teenage Pregnancies Strain Lives in Nigeria’s Rural Communities
“If I could go back in time, I would change my fate,” Deborah Salama said, her eyes fixed on the…
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One Girl’s Ordeal With Sexual Abuse, Teenage Pregnancy in Northeastern Nigeria
When Fatima Hassan* met Jamil at the Islamic and Arabic Study Centre in the Pompomari area of Damaturu, Yobe State,…
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A Cry for Help: One Woman’s Journey to Break Free from Domestic Abuse
*This story contains graphic content that may be disturbing to some readers. For over a decade, Jumoke Balogun has been…
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Displaced Women in Cameroon Face Land Access Crisis Amid Violence and Climate Change—NRC
Displaced people in Mayo-Tsanaga, Logone-et-Chari, and Mayo-Sava divisions of the Far North region of Cameroon are forced to cultivate low-quality,…
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Forced Marriage, Rape, and the Silence of a Survivor in Nigeria’s Borno
When she was 11, Zainab’s* father forced her to marry his friend’s son in Gwoza, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. She…
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