As Parents Speak Up, Survivors’ Families Shape Possible Eradication Of GBV
By Rosemary Ameh, Sokoto According to data obtained online, globally approximately 736 million women --which is almost one in three women --,have experienced physical or sexual violence at least once in their life time, primarily from intimate partners. Physical and sexual violence has been meted on an estimated 30% of woman aged 15 and older. More than 640 million women have experienced intimate partner violence. In 2023, about 84,900 women were killed worldwide --the highest number of recorded femicides since 2014. When 12-year-old Maryam left her home in rural Sokoto to gather firewood from the farm, she never imagined the…












