No excuse for violence against women, by Mohamed Malick Fall No cultural practice, tradition, economic, or social pressure can justify the suffering endured by millions of women and girls. Our role is to challenge these harmful narratives. Gender inequality and violence against women remain among the greatest challenges to sustainable development, not just in Nigeria, but globally. According to UN Women, globally, an estimated 736 million women, almost one in three, have been subjected to physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, non-partner sexual violence, or both, at least once in their...