Mandy Asagba- President of African Women Lawyers Association presenting AWLA Memorandum on What the Nigerian Women Want- GENDER PARITY 50/50 Representation at all elective and appointive public offices at the House of Representatives Public Hearing on Tuesday 1st June, 2021
AWLA’s Contributions to 1999 Constitution Review
Women make up of 49.4% (94.2 million persons) of the entire population and need more than 35% representation in all elective and appointive political positions, thus the need for increased agitation for a 50/50 representation. Women have been relegated for too long. How does Nigeria plan to compensate for all the decades of relegation?
How does Nigeria plan to achieve goal 5 of SDGs Agenda 2030? Anything short of 50/50 representation is not and cannot be futuristic
Access to justice is fundamental to achieving gender parity thus we recommend a one stop justice system for women and children with special Federal courts with one jurisdiction and power to deal with any matter connected with or relating to women and children
To adopt a monistic approach to applicability of any international convention, treaties and protocol as well as federal laws pertaining to or related to women and children thus automatically incorporating ratified international Conventions, Treaties and Protocols into our national corpus Juris. In order not to shut out women and children from such non compliant states from justice
Using the example of section 254 C (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (3rd Alteration as amended)
2010 in relation to National Industrial Court of Nigeria.
Using the United Nation theme for International Women’s Day 2016 -“Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”.
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