NEW TREND OF VAW IN THE NORTH EAST NIGERIA

Nigeria faces a fluid, dynamic, and complex terrorist activities against civilians and the military in recent times. There is an increase in the sources of terrorism, a wider array of terrorism targets, a greater cooperation among terrorist groups, and an evolution in terrorist tactics and communications methodology. The emerging insurgency threat has come with several challenges, which relate to the protection of women and girls in the North East Nigeria. This upsurge has come with the instrumental use of women and girls as perpetrators (in this case as suicide bombers) on the one hand and their positions as victims of gender based abduction and detention on the other