ABSTRACT
Domestic violence against women in Nigeria seems more prevalent in rural areas where women are generally so oppressed by culture and tradition that they face multiple challenges related to poverty and lack of education, among other issues. These challenges also impede their access to justice in domestic violence cases. Such women are entitled to dignity, freedom from discrimination, and other human rights, and effective access to justice would help them realise such rights, reducing the prevalence of domestic violence against them even in the face of poverty. Their silence and lack of access to justice mean most instances of domestic violence go unreported. This chapter interrogates the cultural, social, economic, and legal challenges faced by rural Nigerian women, the impacts of domestic violence against them, and how they might have effective access to justice as a remedy.
