• 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?”
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• 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.
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• 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.
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