Lagos State has the highest violation
rate of 25 per cent in a recent report on violence against women and
girls in Nigeria released on Wednesday by a civil rights organization,
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Lagos is followed by Niger and Ogun states, as well as Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with nine per cent.
Rivers and Delta states have five per
cent, Edo State four per cent, while Anambra, Oyo and Plateau states
have three per cent each.
The report also says violence against
women has increased in the six-month reporting period from 11 per cent
in last year’s report to 39 per cent.
The report adds that based on types of
violation experienced by women and girls, data show that physical abuse
remains the most commonly experienced with 33 per cent.
It reads in part, “This is closely
followed by rape which is 20 per cent. The rape cases reported and
collated within this reporting period shows that rape is higher and more
prevalent among minors (0-5 years and 6-9 years respectively). Verbal
abuse, with 10 per cent ranks third followed by emotional abuse, eight
per cent; harassment and freedom to associate, six per cent.”
The President of LA, Rommy Mom, said the
report was a compilation of reported violence against women and girls
in Nigeria between January and June 2018.
The report also reads, “With regard to
state-by-state violations, the analysis shows that out of the 37 states
of Nigeria, Lagos State has the highest violation rate of 25 per cent,
closely followed by Abuja, FCT, Niger and Ogun states at nine per cent.”
The report also indicates that with
regards to violations based on age variations, violence against women
within the age bracket 25 to 40 years had the highest violation rate of
27 per cent, followed by age bracket 10 to 19 years, which is 23 per
cent.
The age bracket 20 to 24 years is 17 per
cent, while age bracket 40 years plus is 14 per cent, with age bracket
six to nine years at 11 per cent and age bracket zero to five years with
eight per cent.
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