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was integrated into. i'm christine one while come to news africa i'm glad you are today and since the hash tag need to movement gained prominence victims of sexual assault all over the world has been naming and shaming perpetrators in pursuit of justice in nigeria need to have struck a chord in the country's north where people don't speak because of stigma you're about to meet a woman who wants to change what she calls a ridiculous commitment to science that emboldens abuses and weakens the victims. mario a wife sue has always lived here in the town of milan it's

a tradition now please very set in its ways at least it was until she and a few other brave women started to challenge things they're fighting sexual violence by speaking out and by writing. it brian said body theocrats are ok because his father touches his private parts and he told them it was ok i explained she's reading from our upcoming book for children this passage is an example of sexual abuse by parents. a why some say sexual abuse by family members is widespread geria and most of it affects girls all we see here is your own child is abused then you find at least in the let's just hush it why because if we go seeking justice then everybody will know and then who will marry her so why it's coming from here it's because of that

culture of silence to break that culture of simonds a white suv and other women to tweeze her to tell their stories of sexual assault using the hash tag are you why. are you want me is no in the house our language and me too is of course the global movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault which began on social media are you want me to hashtags spot various reactions some people applauded the remains corage all of us condemned them and called them liars so many layers and layers of challenges and attack going to be attacked from every side so for me i mean i always understood but then i got to experience it and like ok this is why nobody in. this thread of tweets. a government official for alleged sexual abuse is what got

a wife sued in trouble she was arrested for different mission live bill and cyber bully she was later released but attracted the attention and support of international human rights groups this movement has come up with a price because of the really just an extremely concept of culture that exists here in northern nigeria the population is predominantly muslim many of the offenders hide under the guise of religion to commit these atrocities you know little girls that people don't understand because the girls do want to be a culture. do you think that you can e.g. . do all the really and it's interesting way to believe introducing to the judge that you start. a bus she who has been helping victims of sexual abuse to seek

redress through his engineer for more than twenty years he says part of the problem is catherine evidence but often even a bigger challenge of the families themselves often start the legal process because the afraid of stigmatization you will spend time you spend with me because. somebody. needs to care. for a dog you know whether this is a big reason why and why sue did not open up to her family maybe years ago instead she kept her secret to herself here you have this ridiculous commitment to you know that you are and. that is what keep encouraging and emboldening the abusers and weakening the victims she says even though many

a friend has been punished social media has at least helps to provide therapy for victims the now north of the and not alone and despite the wrists mariam a white suit says she will be abundant in her company anytime soon. i'm joined now by a korea has shame who is one of the co-founders off the need to movement in nigeria welcome to. africa how widespread would you say sexual violence is in northern nigeria. thank you for having me well it would be hard to put an exact number on the statistics because of the crew violence of silence when it comes to sexual violence in northern nigeria but based on research done in two thousand and sixteen to seventeen a police unit commander mentioned that one only one out of seven cases are often

reported and in those cases that were reported at that time know about eight hundred rape cases and it is five percent of them where. rape incidents with kids with kids under the age of fourteen fret for and we know that you know stigma is one of the main reasons why a lot of people don't speak out about violence in in your society but i wonder that when somebody does decide to do so i view all for as he is helpful in most cases that authorities are not we have incidents where authorities mock victims that go to report incidents of sexual violence we're going to past few weeks we have encountered such cases too so. you know the police are mandated to have a gender desk in every police station but that policy has been hasn't been

implemented as far as we know. and the sensitized section of the police authorities is one of the most crucial things that we're trying to see implemented right it's been six we since you guys launched. what's the response been like. well we've had quite a few you know over a hundred victims that had reached out to us through letter and how spoken to us about their own press not experiences and that's where we had to come up with different initiatives that would ensure that we drive institutional reform in the long term so. it's there's been quite a backlash from the community because breaking the silence sort of command

that that that happens this is something that has never been a quiet place to conversation you know a lot for as long as we know but right now our survivors have been able to come forward with. their own stories and some of them request for mental health help and our various legal aid and you know so far you know it's been it's been quite a bomb because we've had encounters with the authorities you know backlash from from the say but there. most importantly we've had a lot of support from within the society and even you know outside our own communities for a. co-founder of the hash tag need in the area

thank you thank you. our next story is in mali with senior military officials have been sacked after one hundred thirty people were killed in an attack on an ethnic poor village said today's attack is believed to be the latest in a series of clashes between the communities of gonzo and pool that have left dozens dead in recent months. until saturday this was the village so awful go home to muslim heard of the pearl now nothing is left foreign attacks were burnt down i have witnesses say ethnic dog and hunters killed at least one on the top two four people among the dead small children and pregnant women. who is in central mali region which hasn't seen into ethnic violence on this scale until now but this attack was carefully planned taking advantage of the reek presence of the state in the region. the survivors are still in shock now government officials have arrived

providing aid for the few who escaped with their lives un security council representatives visited the capital bamako for talks on the stagnant peace process in the last by this attack dominated the meeting. for us are being faced with this unspeakable tragedy because as the secretary general's special representative. to the spiral of violence the love your loss. there may have just soon as i have learned about the attack we deployed diminishment rapid reaction force to the scene as part of our mandate to protect civilians in the past have repeatedly called on them all sorties to protect them the government in bamako has so far ignored their costs. that's a one off on the news africa you can catch stories on our website and facebook page before we go we want you to take a look at the only celebrations and death all cynical at the weekend oh he is

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