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Part of the ongoing roadmap for advocacy crusade 36 that urges all Nigerian states to women and women by implementing the VAPP NOW law
LAGOS, Nigeria –News Direct– Global Citizen
LAGOS, Nigeria, July 20, 2022 /3BL Media/ – Today, Global Citizen, the foreign rights organization, released a tough short film highlighting the call to action to tackle gender-based violence in Nigeria and urging all states to implement the Violence against Persons Prohibition Act 2015 (VAPP Act).
The film is part of the organization’s ongoing roadmap for advocacy crusade 36 mobilizing resources to protect women and girls, mobilizing stakeholder engagement to scale up interventions and having an effect on dismantling negative social norms through investment, cutting-edge multi-stakeholder coordination, as well as grassroots involvement, with the aim of driving policy adjustments and investment in the implementation of the VAPP law.
The film created by Gatefield, a Nigeria-based media agency, sheds light on the harrowing stories of survivors of gender-based violence, in the context of Ekiti State, one of the first to promote the 2015 VAPP law; Abuja in the Federal Capital Territory, where the law was first passed at the federal level; and Kano State, where the VAPP law has not yet been adopted. Survivors tell their non-public stories of excessive deprivation, adding difficulties in reporting a sex crime and seeking justice as victims, before the VAPP law is cultivated.
The short film aims to end the culture of silence surrounding the reporting of sexual crimes and violence, while also outlining the measures through which victims can report sexual crimes. The film tracks the implementation and effect of the VAPP law on domestication and incentivizes states that have not yet incorporated the VAPP law, amplifying the benefits of greater protection for women and women across the country.
According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 3 out of 10 Nigerian women have experienced constant physical violence before the age of 15 and a 2018 Thomson Reuters Foundation survey ranked Nigeria as the ninth most harmful country for women. Figures from the United Nations Children’s Organization (UNICEF) show that 1 in four women and 10 in 10 of children have been victims of sexual violence. Less than 5% of those who reported cases of violence got some form of support, according to the organization.
This upward trend in violence against women would possibly be directly related to destructive practices such as child and forced marriage, a destructive cultural norm prevalent in Nigeria, with 43% of women married before the age of 18. Women between the ages of 15 and 49 have undergone female genital mutilation, a harmful practice that aims to make a woman more eligible for marriage. birth control and broader desires for sexual and reproductive fitness satisfied, leading to the highest levels of teen and early pregnancy.
In many communities in Nigeria and around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated cases of gender-based injustice and violence. A survey conducted in 24 states of Nigeria shows that, in March 2020, the total number of reported gender-based violence incidents was 346, while in the first component of April 2020, incident reports more than doubled to 794 in just two weeks of lockdown. This trend is possibly indicative of a larger problem, as most cases of gender-based violence go unreported. A new bureaucracy of violence has also emerged in Nigeria, adding recent reports of women being abused by law enforcement officials, specifically at checkpoints.
“During the recent COVID-19 lockdown, service providers reported a triple backlog of cases of domestic and intimate violence in spaces such as Lagos, Ogun and Abuja. Almost 45% of women who have experienced violence have never asked for help or told about the incident, so it is imperative that all states urgently enforce the domestication of the VAPP law,” said Maimuna Maibe, Nigeria Country Director at Global Citizen.
Global Citizen, with that of the Ford Foundation, conducts public campaigns and advocacy efforts to inspire the world’s citizens to take action and offer by calling for the strengthening of legislation on gender-based violence in West Africa, for the adoption of the Prohibition of Violence Against Persons (VAPP) and holding national and local governments accountable for the full implementation and resources of the law.
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