Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem said, “Violence against women and girls in sport is a serious, systemic and systematic human rights issue that demands immediate attention at all levels.” Addressing reporters today (8 Oct) on…
‘21 Chibok girls return with 34 kids; 48 parents die of trauma’
Ten years after the abduction of 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, a report at the weekend revealed among others that 21 of the released girls came back with 34 children. This, according to the…
Lagos agency lauds life jail sentence of man for defiling 5-year-old girl
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) has hailed a court judgment sentencing a man, Folarin Rauf to life imprisonment for defiling a five-year-old girl in Lagos. The agency commended the judgment in a tweet posted on Tuesday…
UK film age rating rules get stricter for scenes of sexual violence (BBC)
Under-15s will no longer be able to go to see films that depict rape and sexual violence under new rules set by Britain’s film ratings body. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) surveyed more than 10,000 people and found…
3,089 cases of sexual, domestic violence in eight months –Lagos (Punch)
The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team said no fewer than 3,089 cases of sexual and domestic violence were reported in the state in the past eight months. The State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, Adeniji Kazeem, made…