Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- A woman is either sexually violated or killed every 10 minutes in Nigeria due to the widespread prevalence of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), according to the Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC).

Grace Abbin, Centre Manager at Kaduna State-based SARC, gave the report at the Global Rights Conference on Tuesday in Abuja.

The event, themed, 'Promoting Effective Community Referral Pathways for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Response,' brought together experts and advocates from Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Katsina and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to explore ways to combat the growing crisis of violence against women.

"Every ten minutes, a woman is either violated or killed. Violence has short and long-term effect...