EXPLORING THE DYNAMICS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN NIGERIA: A SOCIO-LEGAL EXPOSITION.

Abstract

This work made an in-depth study of violence against women in Nigeria. Nigeria and the world over condemn violence against women, for the obvious reasons that women must not be unjustly denied and deprived of their rights. This paper analyses the types and causes of violence against women. It further review some legal framework that protects women from violence. In conclusion, it is posited that no state, region or community in Nigeria and/world over is spared of violence against women, even though the degree of violence differ from one region to another. This work suggest amongst others that all harmful traditional practices, culture and customs resulting to violence against women in our society should be abolished, eliminated and criminalized as an offence in our domestic laws.