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2019 Annual Report, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, North-East Nigeria

Authored by: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Categories: Human Rights, Violent Conflict
Sub-Categories: National Security Forces and Armed Groups, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Nigeria
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2020
Citation: “2019 Annual Report, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, North-East Nigeria.” United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, March 2020.

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Executive Summary

This 2019 report seeks to highlight UNHCR’s contribution towards Prevention, Risk Mitigation and Multi Sectoral responses to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in northeast Nigeria, the epicentre of the 10-year-old insurgency.
In line with the 2019 Inter-Agency Strategic objectives on Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), this report also presents UNHCR’s commitment to the Nigerian Call to Action on protection from Sexual and Gender Based Violence in emergencies.