LAGOS has joined the list of mega-cities of the world that have a special clinic for rape victims. As laudable as the project may sound, victims may not patronize the clinic because of stigmatization.
A recent study by the Medical Research Council stated that only one in every 25 women reports rape cases in most African countries.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article