Nigeria declared a state of emergency on sexual and gender-based violence last year following the rape and murder of 22-year-old Vera Uwaila Omozuwa. It was an intervention needed for decades…
by Dolapo Adelana Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, emir of Kano, has said a family law will soon be put in place to outlaw forced marriages in the state.…
In a tale similar to the Ese Oruru case, a 14-year-old Christian girl who was abducted by an aide of the Emir of Katsina is set to marry the monarch, The Punch…
An Afghan woman whose nose and ears were hacked off after she fled a forced marriage is urging abused women to “never give up and don’t lose hope”. Aesha Mohammadzai…