According to the NHRC, the figures were drawn from its Human Rights Observatory, covering both formally reported cases and incidents tracked through alternative reporting channels nationwide.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has disclosed that Nigeria recorded 2,755 cases of gender-based violence (GBV) and intimate partner violence (IPV) between January and April this year, with family members and religious leaders emerging as major perpetrators in what officials described as a deepening national crisis.
The disclosure was made on Thursday during a National Consultative Workshop on GBV and IPV programming under the Global Fund Grant Cycle 8 (GC8), organised in Abuja with support from the United Nations Development Programme (United Nations Development Programme), the Global Fund, and multiple government and development partners.
The workshop — convened in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health, Federal Ministry of Justice, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, NHRC, the National GBV Technical Working Group, UNAIDS, UN Women, UNFPA, and the Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) — brought together policymakers, civil society actors and international agencies to design Nigeria’s GBV response framework under GC8.
