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Child sexual abuse in Nigeria is an offence under several sections of chapter 21 of the country's criminal code. [1] [2] The age of consent is 18.[3]UNICEF reported in 2015 that one in four girls and one in ten boys in Nigeria had experienced sexual violence before the age of 18. [4]
Network Against Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) is an umbrella organisation of Nigerian non-governmental organizations engaged in advocacy and campaign for children's rights, anti-human trafficking, human rights abuse and child labour [1] with some 220 member organizations in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory.
Child labour is pervasive in every state of the country. [1] In 2006, the number of child workers was estimated at 15 million. [2] [3] Poverty is a major factor that drives child labour in Nigeria. In poor families, child labour is a major source of income for the family. [2] About 6 million of Nigeria's children do not go to school at all.
At least 137 school children who were kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have now been released, the governor of Nigeria’s Kaduna state Uba Sani confirmed in a TV interview ...
Female child labour in Nigeria refers to the high incidence in Nigeria of girls aged 5–14 who are involved in economic activities outside education and leisure. [1] The prevalence of female child labour in Nigeria is largely due to household economic status, [2] but other factors include: the educational status of parents, the presence of peer pressure, and high societal demand for domestic ...
At least 10.5 million children are out of school in Nigeria, the highest number in the world, according to the U.N. children's agency UNICEF. That is due to insecurity, including abductions and a ...
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 ]
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).