Gender-Based Violence (GBV)

The Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday says Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is not just the cause of global domestic deaths but an enduring stigma to the girl-child and women.The…

The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has urged journalists across the country to give priority attention to reportage to Gender-Based Violence (GBV) issues to help reduce the menace.The minister made the call on Thursday…

Is gender-based violence more prevalent in Africa? A few years ago in Kaduna State, Nigeria, I overheard a group of young people having a conversation around violence against women. One among them suggested women should hit back when a man…

Dec. 10 of every year is globally marked as Human Rights Day. The day was proclaimed in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly, via the Universal Declaration of Human Right.The day was set aside by the United Nations to affirm…

Dr Franca Attoh, an Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Lagos, has tasked journalists to focus and report objectively on issues bordering on Gender-Based Violence (GBV), harmful practices in a bid to end the menace…