Nigeria: #BringBackOurGirls - Hashtags Alone Will Not Safeguard Women's Lives and Rights

Nigeria: #BringBackOurGirls - Hashtags Alone Will Not Safeguard Women's Lives and Rights

Analysis - It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls escaped, were rescued or were released in exchanges, many others remain missing or feared dead.

#BringBackOurGirls: Hashtags alone will not safeguard women’s lives and rights

It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls escaped, were rescued or were released in exchanges, many others remain missing or feared dead. Around 90 of the girls have not been brought back and more than 30 parents have died while hoping for their children’s return. Since the Chibok abduction, more than 1,680 schoolc…