Demands to Crack Down on Violence Against Women Rise in Nigeria
The murder and presumed rape inside a church of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a microbiology student at the University of Benin, has sparked a national outcry over widespread violence against women across Nigeria. The hashtag #JusticeForUwa is trending, prompting the Inspector-General of Police to assign the investigation to force headquarters in Abuja. Among those calling for heightened action to protect and empower women and girls in Nigeria is Toyin Saraki, who heads the Wellbeing Africa Foundation. "Violence against women and girls is all too familiar, prosecutions and convictions are not, writes Anietie Ewang of Human Rights Watch.
Nigerians gather to protest sexual assault and violence against women and girls on June 1, 2020.
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Nigeria:
Justice for Uwa and Tina
Wellbeing Foundation, 4 June 2020
This year marked the start of the United Nations' Decade of Delivery, where we were promised that things would change for the empowerment of women and girls. Armed with research to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Authorities in Nigeria Should Ensure #JusticeForUwa
HRW, 2 June 2020
Adopt and Enforce Laws on Violence Against Women Read more »
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Nigeria:
Police Vow to Arrest Killers of Uniben Student Soon
Vanguard, 2 June 2020
As the police have vowed to arrest killers of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level microbiology student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, while a Civil Society Organisation, has… Read more »
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Nigeria:
#JusticeForUwa - Police HQ Takes Over Investigations Into Student's Murder
Premium Times, 2 June 2020
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has directed investigators from the force headquarters, Abuja, to take over investigations into the murder of Vera Omozuwa. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Incessant Rape - Centre Demands Proactive Criminal Justice, Punishment for Perpetrators
Vanguard, 4 June 2020
Disturbed by the incessant rape in Nigeria, the Mothers, and Marginalised Advocacy Centre, MAMA Centre has called for criminal justice, stringent punishment and sincere policy to… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Justice for Uwa and Nigerian Women
This Day, 4 June 2020
Uwa's killers must be found and brought to justice Read more »