![[Zimbabwe] The female condom was introduced in Zimbabwe in 1997 - billboard.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/20038295.jpg.webp?itok=NFABXd3m "Zimbabwe's lower HIV prevalence was a positive development")
Increasing violence against women has prompted the Legal Defence and Assistance Project in Nigeria to propose a bill that deems such abuse a violation of women’s human rights, ‘The Guardian’ newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The organisation’s national coordinator, Chinonye Obiagwu, said in Lagos at the drafting conference for the Domestic Violence Bill that it was needed because abused women were often too ashamed to seek legal redress.
“A woman who has been abused is more likely to consult a medical practitioner than go to a legal practioner or police for assistance,” the Lagos newspaper reported her as saying.
This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions
Share this article