Nigeria: Women
Commons · Question 62555 · Tabled 25 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Sammy Wilson
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the challenges girls and young women in north-east Nigeria face who (a) have escaped Boko Haram captivity and (b) according to recent re
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 9 Jul 2025
In North East Nigeria, women and girls face severe challenges due to gender-based vulnerabilities, including heightened risks of sexual violence such as rape, exploitation, and forced marriage. Boko Haram has frequently abducted women and girls for sexual...