One of the prevalent acts of gender-based violence across Africa is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). It is defined as the cutting of the female genitalia for cultural or religious reasons. Perpetrators are emboldened by some
WHAT DEFILEMENT IS According to the Criminal Offences Act-1960 (Act 29), section 101, Defilement of a child under 16 years of age: For the purposes of this Act, defilement is the natural or unnatural carnal
On the 20th of April, 2018, a video of a young girl believed to be in her mid-twenties, went viral on social media when she was severely lashed publicly by some men believed to be