Nigeria: Rape Victims Get Clinic

3 June 2014

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.

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