This book tackles the widespread problem of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigerian tertiary institutions through a proactive, stakeholder-collaborated intervention that connects research, policy, and practice. Drawing on a national study called Acting Together, this book intentionally closes the gap from diagnosis to durable systems change. The project used a sequential mixed-methods design that involved large-scale quantitative surveying followed by focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and in-depth Interviews to anchor statistical trends in lived experience and institutional narratives. Unlike similar projects that focus on prevalence statistics and isolated interventions, this project foregrounds the systemic drivers of SGBV, ranging from personal, structural, and environmental factors, and then translates findings into multi-level actions. By engaging students, management, academic and non-academic staff, regulatory bodies, law enforcement, civil society, and community actors, the project demonstrates how coordinated stakeholder synergy amplifies impact. It further documents patterns of perpetration, institutional responses, and survivors’ pathways to care, enabling interventions that address how SGBV is experienced on campuses.

Oluyemisi Oluremi Obilade is Professor of Adult Education and Women's Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. She is former Vice Chancellor of the Tai Solarin University of Education and a former Commissioner for Education in Osun State, Nigeria.

Lanre Ikuteyijo is Professor of Criminology, Migration, and Security Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. His research interests span gender-based violence, participatory policing, irregular migration, and transitional justice.

Akanni Akinyemi is Professor with over two decades of professional experience leading demographic research and analysis, including political economy analysis, in Africa. He is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research, Innovation, and Development), Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.

Olutoyin Mejiuni is an independent feminist scholar and an activist for social justice. She is retired Professor of Adult Education and Women's Studies in the Department of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning. She was a consulting editor for three professional journals in North America and was the National Editor of the Nigerian National Council for Adult Education (NNCAE).