• Stop Violence Against Women

Gender and Development Action (GADA) in collaboration with Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) recently held a Town Hall Meeting on Violence Against Women (VAW) for household heads, senior officials of the Mushin Local Government Secretariat, Lagos, leaders and members of Mushin community.

Non-Governmental organisations as well as other international agencies have come to realize the importance of concerted efforts by society to fight Violence Against Women (VAW). Therefore, the theme for 2009 Women’s Day Celebration, Unite to End Violence Against Women, was to reinforce this position.

The “Unite to End Violence Against Women” campaign call by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon was an encouragement for men and women to join hands in opposition of violence against women, ‘because only by acting together can we create more equal and peaceful societies.’

(Click link above to download full article)

• Defending and Enforcing Women's Rights.

Women’s rights activists, women legislators, and others pose for a photograph during a workshop on Constitutional Reforms in Abuja.

“If women’s rights are human rights why it is necessary to have special conventions and protocols on the rights of women?”

(Click link above to download full article)

• The Market Woman and the Nigerian Economy.

The so-called market woman is the metaphor for resilience; her life typifies the female’s will to survive under the most trying conditions. The target for overzealous local government official who chase her from from pillar to post, she has mastered the art of being ubiquitous; and despite the often squalid nature of her business environment, she manages to live to a ripe old age.

(Click link above to download full article)

• Violence Against Women: Common Excuses and the Cost to Society.

Justice Nkem Izuako (standing) facilitates the proceedings during our Training Workshop on Managing Cases  of Domestic Violence at Police Detective College, Enugu.

Case studies of domestic violence carried out by Gender and Development Action (GADA) show that the abuser often believes that there is a justifiable reason for his or her action.

(Click link above to download full article)