As the world gets set to mark 25 years since the historic Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to advance women’s and girl’s rights,...
As the world gets set to mark 25 years since the historic Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action to advance women’s and girl’s rights, United Nations Children’s Fund today warned that much more needs to be done to protect the rights of Nigerian girls, particularly from violence., UNICEF, Plan International and UN Women reveal that violence against women and girls is still common, despite significant gains in education globally.
The report – and associated Generation Equality campaign – note that the number of out-of-school girls has dropped by 79 million in the last two decades worldwide. In fact, girls became more likely to be in secondary school than boys in the last decade. Yet, violence against women and girls is still common.
“And we need to speak to our children – girls and boys – to ensure they grow up knowing that such violence is unacceptable. Together, we can end violence against women and girls – and this is long overdue”. “While the world has mustered the political will to send many girls to school, it has come up embarrassingly short on equipping them with the skills and support they need not only to shape their own destinies, but to live in safety and dignity”.
In Nigeria, about 19.9 million girls have experienced FGM. Forty-three percent of girls are married before their 18th birthday, and 17 percent before they turn 15.
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