Sir: In today’s Nigeria, sexual violence has become a common phenomenon and a household name and victimising women becomes an order of the day. Statistics shows that many young girls in Nigeria became victims of sexual violence and harassment as a result of child labor across the nation and the cases are still in the hike. The victims of sexual violence such as rape and child abuse experience serious physical and psychological consequences ranging from unwanted pregnancy, rape trauma syndrome, social phobias, sexual dysfunction, sexual transmitted disease, stigmatisation and ostracisation by family and others, especially when it comes to marriage. The Non Governmental Organisations advocating for the stoppage of sexual violence in Nigeria must continue to create a robust awareness of the unacceptability of sexual abuse among the members of the general public. Conclusively, I believe that with the rising cases of sexual violence in the country, every hour is a scariest one but with our collective action it could be stopped.

Source: The Guardian August 23, 2020 03:45 UTC