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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REPORT CARD: How Did Buhari’s Administration Do On Women’s and Gender Issues?
Like every politician seeking to get into power, Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari made numerous promises to Nigerians before the 2015 general…
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Survivors Reveal How Boko Haram Forced Women To Share ‘Period Pants’
Months after being rescued from Boko Haram captivity, Sabira, a 23-year-old, began experiencing pain and burning sensations during urination, as…
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‘Firewood Rape’ Too Widespread In Rural Africa
All over wartorn parts of Africa, displaced women are often exposed to many kinds of sexual violence. But a particularly…
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When Parents Don’t Press Charges Against The Men Who Raped Their Children
Three-year-old Deborah* was playing with her mates outside her home when one of her neighbours decided to take her for…
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Man Who Slaughtered Six Arrested In Cameroon
Elvis Mdempowo is accused of slitting the throats of his girlfriend, her three children, her sister, and a cousin, all…
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Clinic Throws Survivors Of Violence A Lifeline In Nigeria’s Adamawa State
Glory Emmanuel Masai is the focal person for Hope Center Numan. Photo: Saduwo Banyawa/HumAngle. Zuwaira,* 13, became a shadow of…
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Are Anti-Violence Laws Helping Survivors In Nigeria’s Kaduna State?
When Halima* was a child, she was sexually assaulted by an older male cousin, who had been raised in the…
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Women In Abusive Marriages; ‘I Wished I Had Never Married…’
“It started when we moved to Maiduguri after sudden attacks by Boko Haram terrorists in Bama LGA,” Fatima said. Fatima,…
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Fear Of Stigma Silences Male Rape Victims
When Monsiri* was raped, he did something that was probably unusual for men his age – he told his mother.…
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Women Break Silence Over Abuse With An App In Cameroon
The wall of silence over abuse against women in Cameroon is all but impenetrable. Three years ago, 21–year-old Rainatou suffered…
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