Paper short abstract:

Identify the conceptual issues on gender-based violence and internally displaced persons in Northeastern Nigeria; Discover the various causes of Gender Based Violence among IDPs; Identify challenges facing IDPs in Northeastern Nigeria, Discover the recommendations for ending gender-based violence.

Paper long abstract:

Nigeria's various issues have been a contentious menace with the increase in the number of internally displaced people scattered all over the country due to the Boko haram insurgency. The wave of abnormalities to the socioeconomic lives of the women, including children and older people in this region, places them at a high risk of abuse from insurgents, security agents deployed to protect the people in the camps and host communities. This study aims to assess the pandemic of gender-based violence and pattern related to sexual and criminal activities in northeast Nigeria. It uses qualitative research methods and secondary data that are derived from journals, articles, newspapers, and other important commentaries on contemporary issues of GBV and its impacts on the IDPs. Also, various data were analyzed via content analysis to get the best from the literature reviewed. As the conflict continues yearly, women and girls in northeastern Nigeria have become increasingly vulnerable to kidnapping, rape, exploitation, sexual slavery, and forced and early marriage. Various impacts on this creates trauma for women, children, and older people in this part of the region in Nigeria. Meanwhile, many women in the region have experienced one or more forms of gender-based violence. Violence and other criminal act in the camps for displaced persons has become an epidemic. This paper concluded that the government of Nigeria and all stakeholders, including United Nations, and Nongovernmental organizations, ensure the protection and security of all vulnerable people, including women, girls, and also boys in this fragile region.