"Nongovernmental organizations working in Nigeria have called
for renewed focus on supporting women and girls who escape abduction, as the
country marked the second anniversary of the Chibok school kidnappings last
week.
Two hundred and nineteen of the 276 girls abducted on April
14, 2014, from their secondary school in northeastern Nigeria by Muslim
militant group Boko Haram are still missing. But aid organizations working in
the country say concentrating on their rescue is not enough. Boko Haram has
abducted at least
2,000 women and girls in the country since 2012, according to estimates from
charities International
Alert and Amnesty
International. Those who return from abduction also need support.
Boko Haram characteristically forces captive girls to marry
its members. Many are raped and become pregnant as a result. Devex spoke to
Kimairis Toogood, International Alert’s senior peace-building adviser and The
Wellbeing Foundation Africa’s Nigeria Country Director De Luther-King Fasehun
about the best ways to support the women and girls who survive such ordeals..."
Read the full article at Devex.com.
