[3] Additionally, in many rural and Muslim communities in Northern Nigeria, children are sometimes asked to aid religiously secluded women or mothers in running errands.
[8]Recently, conflicts and terrorism have caused internal displacements of people and damage to school facilities, pushing more children into child labour.
Strategies undertaken by women in this informal sector include working long hours in the markets and using their children to hawk goods on the streets.
[11][12] In addition to missing classes, many girls face health and safety risks including exhaustion, attempted sexual assault, and kidnapping.
[citation needed] In some Northern Nigerian Fulani communities, girls help their mothers by hawking milk or other produce from their family farm.
[15] Domestic help is typically performed by girls aged under 15 who work as maids in the households of families who are in a higher income bracket.
[22] Young girls are also exposed to adult challenges and deviant behavior at an early age while having no time to attend classes and complete school work.