Tag: women
Laws That Discriminate Against Women In Nigeria – By YEJIDE GBENGA-OGUNDARE
Over the years, there have been constant calls for equity among the genders especially in the face of obvious discrimination against women across the world ... Read More
NBS Report: Women Occupied Only 13.73% Of Ministerial Positions Since 1999
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that women still do not have equal access to decision making and power-sharing at all levels in ... Read More
Affirmative Action: Court Orders Nigerian Govt To Reserve 35% Of Public Offices For Women
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the federal government to enforce the National Gender Policy by allotting 35 per cent of appointments ... Read More
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Path To Supreme Court Nomination Was Paved By Trailblazing Black Women Judges
By Sharon D. Wright Austin Just five women and two African Americans, both men, are among the 115 people who have served on the ... Read More
Shari’ah Court Decries Hindrances Against Progress Of Women In Nigeria
Khadi of the Bauchi State Sharia Court of Appeal, Muhammad Uthman El-Mainari, has lamented that Nigeria as a male-dominated society has limited women in the ... Read More
FIDA Seeks Legal Backing For Women In Politics
International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria, Kogi State branch, is seeking a legal framework to back women’s participation in the country’s politics. The chairperson, ... Read More