"The Husband Beaters": 340 Wives Beat their Husbands to Submission in Lagos
- The Lagos state government reported 340 cases of women beating their husbands between September 2022 and July 2023
- Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the executive secretary of the Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), said the rise suggests a breaking of the culture of silence among men
- Additionally, the DSVA boss said data revealed that 86.3% of all reported cases of sexual and gender-based violence were perpetrated against women
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Lagos, Nigeria - The Lagos state government says there are 340 reported cases of women beating their husbands in the last one year, September 2022 and July 2023.
Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, the executive secretary of the Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), made this known, PM News reported.
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According to the DSVA boss, reporting of domestic violence by men increased during the last one year.
Women beating their husbands: 140 cases reported in previous year
Vivour-Adeniyi said the 340 reported incidences are more than twice the number reported between September 2021 and July 2022, which stood at 140 cases.
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“This is an indication that the culture of silence amongst the male gender concerning issues of Sexual and Gender Based Violence is also gradually being broken,” she said.
Sexual violence: Women more at risk
Sharing more insights, Vivour-Adeniyi said 86.3% of all the reports received by the DSVA were perpetrated against women.
She noted that this further strengthened the previous findings that the female gender was more at risk of experiencing sexual and gender-based violence.
The DSVA boss also revealed that the trend for the 2023 cases received for adults, including male and female, showed that there was a sharp increase in reportage of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in September 2022 and in July 2023 cases.
Sex offenders: Lagos government announces new sanction
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Lagos state government began the publication of pictures and details of sex offenders.
At a media briefing, the executive secretary of DSVA said the commencement of the initiative was in line with the provisions of the state’s domestic and sexual violence agency law.
Details of convicted sex offenders to be publicised include name, picture of the sex offender, nature of the offence and the duration of the sentence handed down by the court, Vivour-Adeniyi said.
Source: Legit.ng
