South Africa is witnessing a powerful wave of solidarity as social media timelines, streets, and public conversations promote the purple movement in protest against the country’s escalating gender-based violence crisis. With a nationwide shutdown planned and symbolic acts of resistance gaining momentum, the Purple Movement has become more than a trend; it is a collective outcry for justice, accountability, and...
Over 133 Nigerian women and girls, including teenagers, were victims of gender-based violence (GBV) and femicide-related cases between January 1 and December 31, 2024. This is according to a report by DOHS Cares Foundation, a non-governmental organisation dedicated to combating gender-based violence and monitoring cases of femicide. The data comes from the Foundation’s tracker dashboard, which monitors cases of femicide...
1,145 fatal gender-based violent cases were recorded, and 393 perpetrators were convicted within the period under review. Nigeria recorded 27,698 acts of sexual and gender-based violence between 2020 and 2023. Sunday Agbakaba, the Data Manager, Federal Ministry Women of Affairs, stated this during the train-the-trainers workshop on the use of the GBV dashboard and reportage on Tuesday in Umuahia. He...