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200 million ladies encounter genital mutilation annually – Expert

Dr. Ibe Ifeakandu, Head of Department, Public Law at the Nigerian Advanced Legal Studies, has unveiled that around 200 million ladies have encountered female genital mutilation annually.

She likewise clarified that 99 percent of the evaluated 40 million individuals dealt every year were ladies and young ladies.

Ifeakandu made the disclosure while displaying a paper during a two-day workshop composed by the EU and UN in Kano State as a forerunner to end sexual orientation based brutality in Nigeria.

She saw that various components were liable for the dominance of sex based savagery.

As indicated by her such factors incorporate; socio-social standards, Feminization of Poverty, Religious Beliefs and Practices just as Legal issues.

She saw with overwhelm that sex based viciousness is a worldwide marvel, including that 44 percent of young ladies are offered before they turn 18 and 18 percent are offered before the age of 15.

As indicated by her, Nigeria has the most elevated number of youngster lady of the hour relationships with an upsetting figure of about 3.5 million and the 11 most elevated predominance pace of kid marriage all around, including that 73 percent of ladies in the nation are hitched before the age of18.

She noticed that sexual and conceptive wellbeing of ladies is the most mishandled right of ladies and young ladies in the nation.

She clarified that culture and religion some of the time establish a genuine obstruction on ladies’ right side to sexual wellbeing.

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