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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. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
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