Ensure Women, Children have Unhindered Access to Justice Anywhere in Nigeria, Women Lawyers tell Government
African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA), has implored government at all levels, to be more deliberate and intentional towards ensuring that women and children have unhindered access to justice, anywhere in Nigeria. In order to achieve this and protect the rights…
Women Lawyers Join others to Protest Grim Killings of Young Ladies in Port Harcourt
The demand for an end to the series of killings recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State was further pushed by members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers and the African Women Lawyers Association local branches on Wednesday. The protest,…
IHRDA, AWLA-Nigeria sue Nigeria before ECOWAS Court in rape case
Banjul, 27 June 2019: The “Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa” (IHRDA) and the African Women Lawyers Association, Nigeria Branch (AWLA-Nigeria) on 26 June 2019 filed an action against the Federal Republic of Nigeria before the ECOWAS Court…
OPD and its Quest to Improve Child Justice Administration in Lagos State
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice and Office of the Public Defender, OPD, in conjunction with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, held a 3-day intensive training workshop on Child Justice Administration in Lagos State which premised on…
Ambode’s Wife Tasks Women Lawyers On Gender Equality, Child Rights
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has urged lawyers to evolve new ways of making more progress on gender equality, women development and child welfare, saying that no society can achieve rapid development when children and women are…
THERE IS HOPE FOR THE NIGERIAN CHILD – Ambodes
There is hope for the Nigerian child, was the submission of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and his wife Bolanle, when they both spoke at the celebration of the 2017 International Day of the African Child, organized by the…
Reflections on the International Day of the Girl- Child in Nigeria* By: Mandy Asagba & Oluwatomi Ajayi
It is common knowledge that girls’ progress equals family progress which in turn reflects on the progress of the nation. No wonder, the common saying that when a girl is educated, the society stands to benefit or that ‘getting at…