Banning Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria - A Major Step Forward
Category: IMPACT
Last week, as word spread about girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last year returning to their communities having been raped and impregnated, the Nigerian Senate passed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Bill, which seeks to prohibit multiple forms of gender-based violence including economic abuse, female genital mutilation, and depriving persons of their liberty among others.
By Stella Mukasa, ContributorStella Mukasa is the director of gender, violence and rights a..., 2015-05-17