CO-A safer everyday life for children

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A safer everyday life for children in need and affected by conflict in the Diffa region of Niger According to UNHCR, the security and protection situation in the Diffa region in the first quarter of 2024 remains alarming. The activism of non-state armedgroups (GANE) is characterized by the persistence of kidnappings for ransom and an upward trend in sexual assaults and rapes committed on almost all the women/girls they have abducted. According to the testimonies of girls and women who have survived kidnappings, the GANE rape women/girls whose ransoms have been paid, and forcibly marry those who remain in their hands because the ransoms have not been paid. The number of girls abducted by non-state armed groups in the Diffa region is increasing. In most of these kidnappings, the GANE demand a ransom to free the victims. As a result, Diffa residents tend to believe that unmarried girls are increasingly being targeted for kidnapping, and families are marrying off their daughters to protect them. As a resultof increased poverty due to forced displacement, economic sanctions and rising food prices, the number of families resorting to emergency solutions has risen significantly. According to the WFP, these strategies include child begging, survival sex and themarriage of girls, which are becoming increasingly visible among displaced people in Diffa. Displacement forces children to take on new roles and responsibilities to meet their own needs and those of their families. As a resul…

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Oxfam Novib · International NGO

Countries

Niger

Sectors

Relief co-ordination and support services

Published by Oxfam Novib to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 12 Oct 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NL-KVK-27108436-A-07681-02:NE.

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