BY PATRICIA TAFT AND HANNAH BLYTH As we come together to celebrate International Women’s Day, we are reminded there are still many areas of the world where women and children face violence and insecurity. In Nigeria, sexual abuse and violence perpetrated against women and children remains prevalent in communities throughout the country.
Category Archives: Patricia Taft
Impacts of Violence on Women and Girls in Kaduna
- 07 March 2017
BY PATRICIA TAFT, HANNAH BLYTH AND CHRISTINA MURPHY Women and girls are often the targets — either directly or caught in the crossfire — of this inter-communal conflict. They also bear the brunt of economic pressures through displacement, livelihood and property destruction, or loss of household breadwinners as a result of the violence. In their […]
Violence Affecting Women and Girls Quarterly Report 10
- 28 February 2017
BY PATRICIA TAFT* This report summarizes the main findings as detailed in three memos produced during the tenth quarter of data collection and analysis. This quarterly report covers the time period from August to October 2016.
Violence Affecting Women and Girls Monthly Memo – December 2016
- 27 February 2017
The following memo analyzes data for the NSRP focus states of Bayelsa, Borno, Delta, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Rivers and Yobe for December 2016.
Violence Affecting Women and Girls Monthly Memo – November 2016
- 23 January 2017
The following memo analyzes data for the focus states of Borno, Yobe, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta for November 2016.
Violence Affecting Women and Girls Monthly Memo – October 2016
- 19 December 2016
The following memo analyses data for the focus states of Borno, Yobe, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta for October 2016.
Impacts of Conflict, Violence on Women and Girls in Nigeria’s Plateau State
- 30 November 2016
BY PATRICIA TAFT, HANNAH BLYTH, AND CHRISTINA MURPHY Although the number of reported conflict fatalities in Plateau state has fallen in 2016, the effects of displacement and violence continue to reverberate in the lives of women and girls. Continuing to monitor trends and incidents of VAWG, and how they are interrelated to other conflict drivers, […]
Violence Affecting Women and Girls Monthly Memo – September 2016
- 17 November 2016
The following memo analyses data for the focus states of Borno, Yobe, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta for September 2016.
Violence Affecting Women and Girls Monthly Memo – August 2016
- 07 November 2016
The following memo analyses data for the focus states of Borno, Yobe, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Bayelsa, and Delta for August 2016.
Child Sexual Assault and Violence in Nigeria’s Kano State
- 31 October 2016
BY PATRICIA TAFT AND HANNAH BLYTH Comparatively, Kano is one of the more prosperous states in Northern Nigeria. However, the distribution of wealth is uneven. It has also faced a major uptick in insecurity since 2012, as a result of the Jama’atu Ahli Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad (JAS) insurgency. Gender roles within the state also remain […]