Nigeria: Government At All Levels Urged to Develop Robust Justice System to Fight Sexual Violence

15 September 2017

Following wide spread of rape and other forms of sexual violence in Nigeria, government at all levels have been advised to develop strong justice system to tackle the social menace in the country.

The call was made in Lagos recently by a coalition of civil society organisations and agencies of government at a symposium/launch of an anti-sexual violence platform (Salvus), organised by HACEY Health Initiative with support from the Stars Foundation Girl Award, Empower and Access Bank Plc, with the themed, 'Building conversations around preventing and responding to sexual violence'.

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