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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Gender Based Violence On The Rise In Namibia’s Capital City
Namibia’s capital city, Windhoek, has seen a rise in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) since the ease of restrictions, under state three…
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NGO Suspends Worker Accused of Raping Minor in Borno
A non-governmental organisation, Street Child, has suspended a male staff accused of raping a 10-year old girl in Borno. The…
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Borno: Child-Brides Share Painful Experiences With VVF, Childbirth
Adama (not real name) was married at 13 and got pregnant at 14. She has never visited the hospital for…
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How Divorce Exposes Poor Divorced Women, Children To Prostitution, Crime
The divorce rate in Northern Nigeria is among the highest in West Africa. In recent times, particularly in Kano State,…
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Agonies And Lamentations Of Single Women In Northern Nigeria
Zainab Bello (not real name), is a 32-year-old Fulani woman and hails from Yobe state. She has endured domestic abuse…
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Sexual Violence Against Women On The Rise In DR Congo
Most recent figures available just published by the Joint United Nations Bureau on Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of…
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Ilo, Head of OSIWA in Nigeria, Calls For Action On Sexual And Gender-Based Violence
The Head of the Nigeria Office of Open Society for West Africa (OSIWA), Udo Jude Ilo, has said that the…
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Terrorism: Female IDPs In Borno Recount Tales Of Rape, Child Loss And Abuse
Adama Abubakar had tears rolling down her eyes as she recalled the trauma she had endured since Boko Haram abducted…
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Man Pleads Guilty To Charges Of Raping 40 Girls And Women In 3 Months
Zulfalaru Alfa, popularly known as “Mai Siket”, has pleaded guilty to charges of raping 40 women and girls in three…
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Katsina: Police Arrest Over 40 Suspected Rapists, Sexual Offenders In 3 Months
In a bid to end the menace of rape against minors, the Nigeria Police Force Command in Katsina State has…
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