Nigeria, March 6 -- An appeal has gone to the Nigerian government to enforce the laws on sexual harassment in order to curb the menace in the country.

The appeal was made on Wednesday at the screening of a documentary, "The Hunting Ground", and a panel discussion on ending sexual assault in institutions in Nigeria.

The event was hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Abuja.

The Hunting Ground is a 2015 documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States and what its creators say is a failure of college administrations to deal with it adequately.

Sexual assault is an act in which a person intentionally sexually touches another person without that person's consent, or coerces or physically forces a per...