Nigeria's Lagos State and Women's Rights

Lagos State has for the first time in parliament read the Rape Bill that will champion the rights of women and hold perpetrators of rape and sexual harassement accountable for their actions.
  • Nigeria:   Bill On Rape Coming in Lagos

    Daily Trust, 24 July 2013

    The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday read for the first time a bill for a law to prohibit rape and sexual harassment at work places and other related acts. Read more »

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