Investor Presentaiton
Gender-based violence
Nigeria supported over nine recommendations from Spain, Netherlands,
Rwanda, Cyprus, Estonia, Canada, Congo, Finland), Madagascar and Guyana to:
⚫ enact the Gender and Equal Opportunities (GEO) Bill
• implement the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) (VAPP) Act, 2015 in all
the states
✓ Thirty-four states have domesticated the Act.
Violence against women and girls remains pervasive -
⚫ an upsurge in reports of rape across Nigeria since 2018
• The Nigeria police recorded 717 incidents of rape between January and May
2020.
• In 2020, NHRC noted having received 11,200 reported cases of rape in 2020.
• Between April and June 2023, the Nigeria Police (Lagos Command) recorded
111 sexual assault cases.
• The GEO bill is yet to be passed into law.
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