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Nigeria: Gender Bills - Nigerian Women Set to Hold 'Mother of All Protests'
Premium Times, 7 March 2022
<i>The protest is aimed at calling on the federal lawmakers to reconsider all the gender bills that were rejected during the Constitution amendment last week.</sub> Read more »
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Nigeria: Your Lobby Came Very Late - Lawmakers Tell Aisha Buhari, Women Groups
Premium Times, 4 March 2022
Both chambers of the National Assembly rejected five gender bills while voting on the constitution amendment bills on Tuesday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Constitutional Amendment Process Without Nigerian Women
Premium Times, 4 March 2022
The cavalier and arrogant manner in which the National Assembly threw out these Bills very clearly says that they do not want progress for Nigeria, and that their sole interest is… Read more »
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Nigeria: Women Protest Over Constitution Review, Allege Discrimination
This Day, 3 March 2022
Scores of Nigerian women protested yesterday at the entrance of the National Assembly over the rejection of bills to promote the interest of the female gender in the ongoing… Read more »
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Nigeria: Tallen Asks Nigerians to Pray for Legislators Who Voted Against Women Bills
This Day, 2 March 2022
Women Affairs Minister, Pauline Tallen, has called on Nigerians to pray for the National Assembly members who rejected five bills which sought extra legislative seats for women,… Read more »
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Nigeria: How National Assembly Voted On Constitution Amendment Bills
Premium Times, 2 March 2022
Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives voted on 68 amendments to the 1999 Constitution on Tuesday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Lawmakers Rejects Bill Seeking Special Seats for Women in Parliament
Premium Times, 1 March 2022
The bills failed to garner the required number of votes to scale through during the constitution amendment voting at the Senate and the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Read more »
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Nigeria: Gender Bills - Women Groups Vow to Continue Occupation of National Assembly
This Day, 7 March 2022
Aggrieved groups under the umbrella of Women in Politics Forum (WPF) and Womenifesto, have said they would continue to occupy the National Assembly until Nigerian lawmakers… Read more »
Nigerian Women Show Their Mettle In Gender Bill Protests
Five constitutional amendments were rejected by both chambers of Nigeria's national assembly, while voting on the constitution amendment bills on March 1, 2022.
The cavalier and arrogant manner in which the National Assembly threw out these Bills very clearly says that they do not want progress for Nigeria, and that their sole interest is to enhance the power of Nigerian men, opines Jibrin Ibrahim in Premium Times.
Women have been protesting at the National Assembly since March 2, 2022 against the rejection of several bills seeking gender equality in the country.
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The National Assembly has voted against a bill providing for affirmative action for women in political parties' administration. The lawmakers also voted against the bill Read more »
