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Sexual and Gender Based Violence Response/Gender Unit

  1. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SGBV RESPONSE / GENDER UNIT

Further to the mandate of the Federal Ministry of Justice as the primary institution responsible for the administration of justice, the articulation and defence of constitutional rights, the HAGF undertook the task of coordinating governmental actions, laws and policies in response to SGBV cases in Nigeria through the establishment of the SGBV Response Unit in May 2021.

  1. Mandates/Functions

    The Ministry acts as the focal Office and Secretariat of the Inter-ministerial Management Committee on SGBV. The functions of the Unit encompass:

    • provision of access to justice for SGBV victims/survivors through prosecution of cases, legal counselling, mediation, facilitation of settlement agreement and provision of all requisite legal services to victims of SGBV;
    • capacity building and training of Criminal Justice Actors handling SGBV cases;
    • provision and operation of a prosecution hub comprising all relevant MDA investigating and prosecuting SGBV cases;
    • collation and processing of SGBV data for record, reporting, monitoring and evaluation purposes; and
    • sensitisation and advocacy for the review, enactment and implementation of SGBV Laws at all levels of governance.
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