Nigeria: 'Inequal Land Rights Aggravates Women's Status'

30 January 2013

The impact of the inequality in lands rights has aggravated women's socio-economic status, allowed for sexual harassment and violence against women and contributed towards marital instability, separation and divorce.

his assertion was made by the Executive Director, Women Environmental Programme (WEP), Ms. Priscilla M. Achakpa in her address entitled "Gender land evaluation using gender evaluation criteria" presented at a training workshop on gender and land evaluation held in Abuja yesterday.

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