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Nigeria: Women |
| Question ID: |
1816359 |
| UIN: |
62555 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1593 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sammy Wilson
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| Asking Member handle: |
eastantrimmp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@eastantrimmp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the challenges girls and young women in north-east Nigeria face who (a) have escaped Boko Haram captivity and (b) according to recent re |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5148 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answer text: |
In North East Nigeria, women and girls face severe challenges due to gender-based vulnerabilities, including heightened risks of sexual violence such as rape, exploitation, and forced marriage. Boko Haram has frequently abducted women and girls for sexual... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |