Gender Equality Bill
16 Nov 2021
Stakeholders and rights activists have called on the National Assembly to give priority attention to the speedy passage of the Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill (GEOB).
10 Sep 2021
YIAGA Africa has blamed the National Assembly for hindered access to justice for victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria.
15 Jan 2018
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has urged the National Assembly to pass the Gender Equality Bill into law to curb gender-based violence in the country. Mrs Ngozi Ikenga, Chairperson of FIDA in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), made the plea in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on…
28 Apr 2017
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara yesterday canvassed the adoption of direct voting method to enable all card-carrying members of parties to choose candidates that will represent their respective parties in elections.
24 Mar 2016
Yesterday March 23 2016, there was a protest in Ikeja in support of the gender equality bill. The protest was put together by Laila Saint Matthews and some concerned women. The information was passed across on Facebook for anyone who wanted to join the protest and surprisingly people turned up independently from all parts of Lagos and other…
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