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The Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development reported that 1,200 girls had been raped in 2012 in Rivers, a coastal state in southeastern Nigeria. [5] [6] According to UNICEF, six out of ten children in Nigeria experience emotional, physical, or sexual abuse before the age of 18, with half experiencing physical violence.
There is trafficking of children in Nigeria. Child labour is more common among children of illiterates. [6] On average, in the Southwestern zone of Nigeria, there is a higher work burden for working children. [6] Boys tend to earn more. [6] Girls' non-participation in schooling is more likely affected by parents' lack of interest than boys'. [6]
NAPTIP is a national compliance to the international obligation under the Trafficking in Persons Protocol and responds to the need to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons, especially women, and children, complementing the United Nations Transnational Organized Crime Convention (UNTOC).
Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons including forced labour and forced prostitution. [1] The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2 Watchlist" in 2017. [ 2 ]
Africa has a long history of child labour. Above, colonial Cameroon children weaving in 1919.. Children in Africa have worked in farms and at home over a long history. This is not unique to Africa; large number of children have worked in agriculture and domestic situations in America, Europe and every other human society, throughout history, prior to 1950s.
In Lagos, Nigeria, some parents continue to allow children to be naked until puberty. There is now an issue with strangers taking photographs, and they worry about pedophiles, but parents want kids to have the same freedom they remember from their own childhood and grow up with a positive body image.
Pages in category "Children's rights in Nigeria" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Approximately 8.5 million children attend Islamic schools in Northern Nigeria. [6] There are approximately 300,000 almajirai living in the state of Kano . [ 6 ] In a recent report during the COVID 19 lockdown, the government of Kano State revealed that it cannot take care of over 5 million alamajiri in Kano state so it has begun the process of ...