Cultural violence against the girl-child in northern Nigeria

Cultural violence (CV), as coined by Johan Galtung (1969:1) refers to “aspects of a culture that can be used to justify or legitimize direct or structural violence”. CV makes direct and structural violence socially acceptable. CV can be defined as follows: when a person is harmed as a result of practices that are part of their culture. The emphasis of this research is on Child Marriage as a form of CV. According to the United Nations Children’s...