Celebrating Women at Home, Questioning Their Rights Abroad
…As Nigeria marks International Women’s Day with praise for women’s resilience and contributions, its diplomatic posture at the United Nations raises troubling questions about…
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women’s rights
FGM Persists Despite Laws as Rivers State Vows Total Elimination
Port Harcourt, Nigeria – The Rivers State Government renews its determination to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), admitting that the harmful practice still persists…
Governors’ Wives Renew Push to End Female Genital Mutilation
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s governors’ spouses reaffirm a nationwide commitment to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), describing the practice as a grave human rights…
Group Trains New Nigerian Leaders Advancing Gender Justice Nationwide
ABUJA, Nigeria – Rise Up Together, a global non-profit working across Africa, South Asia and the United States, has completed training for its sixth…
Researcher Raises Alarm Over High FGM Rates in Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria – A Lagos-based researcher on female genital mutilation (FGM), Friday Anyebe, has expressed concern over what he described as the persistently high…
Lagos Forms Community Dialogue Committee to Curb Gender-Based Violence
LAGOS, Nigeria- The Lagos State Government, through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), has inaugurated a Community Dialogue Committee (CDC) to strengthen grassroots…