Nigeria: UNFPA Demands Help for Women Displaced By Conflict

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)has called for redoubled efforts to protect the health and rights of women and girls whose lives are disrupted by conflicts in the North East of the country.

Women and girls account for 52% of an estimated 1.38 million Nigerians displaced by conflict in the region, according to data from National Emergency Management Agency and the International Organisation for Migration.

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