Christian women, girls facing heightened violence in Nigeria, UN report finds

Christian women, girls facing heightened violence in Nigeria, UN report finds

Christian women and girls in northern Nigeria and the country’s Middle Belt face heightened violence from armed militant groups, including abductions, sexual violence, forced conversion and forced marriage, according to concerns raised by United Nations experts in a formal communication to the Nigerian government.

U.N. experts warn of rights violations against Christian women and girls in Nigeria

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has raised alarm over credible reports of grave human rights violations affecting women and girls in Nigeria, including killings, abductions, sexual violence, forced conversion, forced marriage, and enforced disappearance — particularly targeting Christian and other religious minority communities in the northern and Middle Belt […]