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Nigeria:
Hospital Treatment of Women Comes Under Human Rights Radar
Daily Trust, 28 January 2014
The National Human Rights Commission is to begin work with a group, White Ribbon Alliance, to tackle abusive care of women in hospitals. Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Hijab - a Fundamental Human Right of Female Muslims'
Daily Trust, 21 February 2014
The Criterion, an association of Muslim women in business and the professions, has expressed concern over what it describes as the crisis arising from the use of hijab (veil) by… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NHRC Seeks Review of Laws Against Rape
This Day, 19 February 2014
The Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, yesterday urged the federal government to take measures to review legislations relating to all… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Raped By a Monster Father
Premium Times, 20 February 2014
He rammed into me Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ex-Women Affairs Minister Suggests Castration of Rapists
Premium Times, 21 February 2014
A former Minister of Women Affairs, Josephine Anenih, has suggested the castration of rapists to serve as a deterrent to men with such tendencies. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Human Rights Commission Releases Damning Report - INEC
Premium Times, 20 February 2014
In its report on the investigation of the election petitions filed at the various election petition tribunals across the six geo-political zones, the Commission found the three key… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Rights Commission Boss Wants Review of Rape Laws
Daily Trust, 19 February 2014
Chairman of the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, yesterday called for urgent review of the extant laws covering rape and defilement saying the… Read more »
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Ethiopia:
Women's Rights Group Demands Release of Jailed Award-Winning Ethiopian Journalist
Premium Times, 13 January 2014
A global women's rights and advocacy group, Safe World for Women, has put up an online petition for the immediate release of jailed award-winning Ethiopian journalist with breast… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ejigbo Women Assault - Lagos, Police Tread the Rough Path to Justice
Vanguard, 25 January 2014
Ejigbo, one of the Local Council Development Areas, LCDA, created during the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been a haven of peace until December, last year when Women… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Delta 2015 - Women Group Drums Support for Olejeme
Vanguard, 9 January 2014
Women group under the aegis of Woman Solidify Front, WSF, are rallying support for Dr. Ngozi Olejeme, as a contender for the Delta State governorship race in the 2015 elections. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Margaret Ekpo - Fierce Defender of Women's Rights
Leadership, 13 December 2013
Chief Margaret Ekpo was born on July 27, 1914, in an era when a very young Nigeria was under the rule of colonial masters. By the 1950s, when it was clear that Nigeria's… Read more »