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6 NIGERIA violence/neglect, 45 households reported immediate threats of SGBV incidents, 25 households have women and girls engaging in survival sex and 22 households reported rape/sexual assaults. Domestic violence and neglect have risen alongside displacement. Many men abuse their wives or refuse to provide for their needs and those of their children. Moreover, criminal legislation in the north-east fails to recognize marital rape and entitles men to physically chastise their wives 14 . According to a recent report 15 , 20 million women and girls in Nigeria have undergone female genital mutilation, 10% of the global total. Many girls are cut when they are very young, with 82% of women stating that they were cut before turning five. Despite the Government of Nigeria passing legislation criminalising FGM in 2015, the practice is still common, with an estimated 24.8% women aged 15-49 undergoing FGM. Wealthy women living in cities are most likely to undergo FGM; nevertheless, support for the practice is more widespread among poorer women living in rural areas 16 . 1 4 https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/assessments/gbv_swg _nigeria_vulnerability_screening_round03_nov_2016.pdf 15 http://28toomany.org/countries/nigeria/ 16 Ibid.