The report highlights community efforts to combat Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM) in Nigeria, focusing on Jigawa and Cross River states. It covers 12 communities across 6 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in these regions, facing challenges such as poverty, cultural practices, and lack of education, which drive CEFM. The study used both qualitative and quantitative methods, including surveys, interviews, and focus groups, to assess the prevalence, causes, and impact of CEFM. Key findings...
The six year insurgency across the North-Eastern part of the country has triggered serious security instability and escalated the food security situation in the Northeast. With the return of relative peace in many communities in Borno state, the returnee IDPS are confronted by challenge of livelihood considering the fact that they are predominantly peasant farmers and their farming activities have been truncated by the insurgency. Secondly the little they reserved in their granaries has been ...