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Violence against women: Don recommends N1m fine, 5-yr imprisonment | SundiataPost
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Violence against women: Don recommends N1m fine, 5-yr imprisonment | SundiataPost

ByEyes on Trafficking News

By IHECHINYERE CHIGEMERI-UWOM UMUAHIA- A university lecturer, Ms Akachi Nworgu-Okonji, has called for a more punitive legislative sanctions for violence and discrimination against women in the country. She said that the current provision of two years imprisonment or option of half-a-million naira fine was grossly inadequate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nworgu-Okonji…

Anambra traditional rulers expunge traditional rites against women's rights
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Anambra traditional rulers expunge traditional rites against women's rights

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Anambra State Council of Traditional Rulers has resolved to eliminate harmful traditional practices antithetical to women’s rights. On Saturday, chairman of the council, the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Achebe, made this known in a communique issued at the end of a multi- stakeholders conference on eliminating violence against women and girls in Awka, Anambra….