Traditional Ruler

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

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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

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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….

Value Female Network partners UNICEF on dangers of FGM, child marriage
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Value Female Network partners UNICEF on dangers of FGM, child marriage

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The United Nations Children’s Fund, in collaboration with a non-governmental organization, Value Female Network (VFN) and the Ministry of Women, Children & Social Affairs in Osun State have sensitised about 600 children in the state to dangers of female genital mutilation and child marriage. The organisations asked children to report violators of their fundamental human…

UNICEF Organises Concert For Osun Children To Mark International Day Of The African Child
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UNICEF Organises Concert For Osun Children To Mark International Day Of The African Child

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The United Nations Children’s Fund, in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation; Value Female Network (VFN) and the Ministry of Women, Children & Social Affairs in Osun State have organised a concert for about 600 Osun children in commemoration of the Internation Day of The African Child. UNICEF gathered about 600 children at Freedom Park, Osogbo,…