GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENCOUNTRY-PROFILENIGERIAMEASURESCITIZENS RIGHTS DEPARTMENT
Back
NIGERIA | AFRICA
Citizens Rights Department
Type of Measure
Services > Justice > Protocols and guidelines
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2005
Brief Description

A Citizens Rights Department was established in 2005 within the Federal Ministry of Justice to offer free legal counseling to indigent women.


Source of Information
Response of the Government of Nigeria to the questionnaire on violence against women 2011
loading
Experiencing Violence?