GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENCOUNTRY-PROFILENIGERIAMEASURESNATIONAL GENDER DATA BANK
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National Gender Data Bank
Type of Measure
Research and statistical data > Administrative data
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Sexual harassment; Sexual violence; Violence against women and girls
Year
2006
Brief Description
Due to the persistent inability to generate and systematically store and access gender specific data, the Federal Government took the decision in November 2006 to establish a National Gender Data Bank under the National Centre for Women Development, to pool and harmonize existing data sources into a one-stop referral point.

The Multi-Technical Team (MTT) drawn from relevant Ministries, Agencies and Civil Societies was constituted in November 2006 with support from UNICEF and has undergone various trainings. One very important area the MTT has been mandated to look at amongst others is the issue of Gender - Related Violence which will feature issues of:

  • Reported cases of domestic violence
  • Reported cases of sexual assault and rape
  • Reported cases of sexual harassment
  • Conviction rates of accused violent offenders against women
  • Protective measures taken to assist abused women(legal aid, financial assistance, housing assistance, shelters, police action, NGO efforts);
  • Increase/decrease of violence against women during armed conflict.


Source of Information
Response of the Government of Nigeria to the questionnaire on violence against women 2011
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