Yakaka Alhaji Aisami did not know it when she woke up that morning in April this year, but two things were going to happen to alter the trajectory of her life. She would receive a delicious bowl of pap from her doting niece, setting off an unexpected chain of events that would culminate three days […]
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Sadiya’s father has a habit of marrying her off whenever he senses she is pregnant; like most parents in Nigeria, this move is usually orchestrated to “protect the honour” of the woman and her family but that is not exactly the case with Sadiya. Her father marries her off because he is responsible for the […]
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Fatimah Basheer* is a regular groundnut hawker in Potiskum, North East Nigeria. Known for her enthusiasm towards the petty trade that her family partly relies on to meet their needs, Fatimah has a lot of customers who patronise her on a daily basis. One of them is John, a 43-year-old spare parts dealer who later […]
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Nigerian Media think tank, Center for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), in partnership with the Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF), has published a research report looking into the prevalence of violence against women in tertiary institutions. The report, titled “Prevalence Of Gender-Based Violence Against Female Undergraduates In Tertiary Institutions In Nigeria”, was officially published on […]
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In July, for about a full week, the social media space in Nigeria was abuzz with outrage over the murder of yet another woman. The victim this time was 21-year-old Augusta Osedion and she was murdered by her boyfriend, Benjamin Best, who had himself confessed to the crime in a series of posts made on […]
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Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify | RSS Salamatu Buhari, 20, was working in her farm while heavily pregnant when armed groups invaded her village. They began killing the men and raping the women, she heard and she ran to protect herself. She went into labour in the middle of the bush. Reported and scripted by Zubaida Baba […]
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The wall of silence over abuse against women in Cameroon is all but impenetrable. Three years ago, 21–year-old Rainatou suffered domestic violence from her partner. She has been hospitalised three times due to the violence, yet held on to the relationship. She explained that every time her partner laid hands on her, she wanted to […]
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DNA laboratories for forensic investigations and other healthcare facilities that help survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) across the nation to get justice are being underutilised. This was made known by Osai Ojigho, Executive Director of Amnesty International, at the formal launch of The Survivors’ Guide by Invictus Africa on Wednesday, to commemorate the […]
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Chidimma (not real name) was only seven years old when her step-father, whom she had thought would fill in the shoes of a father figure she had craved for, began abusing her. He continued until she was 12. “It started when my mother remarried because my father left before I was born. All the years […]
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Recent polls conducted by NOIpolls across Nigeria revealed that 85 per cent of participants believe sexual violence is on the rise in the country. Although this poll covers only 1,000 respondents, rape cases and other forms of sexual violence are commonplace in national dailies. The pandemic bears bizarre imprints such as the rape of two-year-olds, […]
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