Activists call for state of emergency over gender-based violence in Nigeria

<p>Deaths of 22 women this year include a 240% rise in January, as rights groups say perpetrators are acting with impunity</p><p>Almost two dozen women have died due to gender-based violence across Nigeria in 2025 alone, activists and civil society organisations have said in a call for a state of emergency.</p><p>According to Femicide Observatory, run by the Lagos-based nonprofit Document Our History (DOHS) Cares Foundation, there were 17 cases reported in January, a 240% increase from the same period last year, with an additional five by 16 February. More than 100 femicides were documented in 2024.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/25/activists-call-state-emergency-gender-based-violence-nigeria">Continue reading...</a>