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Prohibition and Infringement of a Widow's and Widower's Fundamental
Rights Law - Enugu Sate, Nigeria
WIDEN - Can you help?
Widows Empowerment Network,
(WIDEN), is a non-governmental, non-profit organization,
which was formed in response to the yearnings and plights
of Nigerian Widows. Because of our socio-cultural and patrichial
background, majority of Nigerian Widows live in abject poverty
and penury because their kinsmen often deprive them of their
husband’s properties. The situation is made worse when
these widows refuse to marry their husband’s kinsmen.
WIDEN looks at widowhood in its totality, health, socio-economic,
political, etc. It also advises widows on the prevention of
HIV/AIDS virus. Conscious of the fact that women and their
children are usually the worse victims of conflicts, WIDEN
engages in conflict management, prevention and resolution,
and is thus poised to restore, preserve and maintain the pride
of womanhood in widowhood.
GRACE ASUQUO Executive Director Widows Empowerment
Network (WIDEN)
WIDEN is looking for help
in this task and would appreciate assistance in the area of
equipment - computers, typewriters, etc.
WIDEN Secretariat is located at #12 Ekpo Abasi Street, Calabar.
Cross River State. Nigeria, West Africa. P.O.Box 3124, Calabar.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS WATCH NIGERIA
IN COLLABORATION WITH ROOTS
AND FRUITS WOMEN FARMERS SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (RUFARM) AND WOMEN'S
RIGHTS LEGAL AID CLINIC
THE FIRST NIGERIA INTERNET
INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE ON THE ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF NIGERIAN
WOMEN Web
page:
From 9th August - 8th September,
2001.
"Men control most of the
major institutions of our society, from churches to
political parties to corporations, governments and mass media...Men
therefore have material privileges to defend...." Robert
Connell, University
of Sydney, Australia.
(1) THE ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF WOMEN
IN NIGERIA - from rhetoric to action
Speaker: Mrs. Nogi Imoukhuede - Lawyer and
Project Co-ordinator of
Women's Rights Watch Nigeria.
(2) MICRO CREDIT AS A TOOL FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION OF NIGERIAN
WOMEN - OUR EXPERIENCE
Speaker: Godwin Ehigiamusoe - Co-ordinator,
Lift Above Poverty
Organisation (LAPO).
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
(1) To sensitize our national institutions - the Presidency,
National
Assembly, State governments, National and State Planning Commissions,
Federal Office of Statistics, Local Governments, Organised
Private Sector
(OPS), Industries and Corporations, Federal and State Ministries,
Federal
and State owned Corporations on the economic rights of Nigerian
women.
(2) To map out strategies for gender mainstreaming in the
implementation
of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP).
(3) To form a lobby group for ACTION on the implementation
of women's
economic rights in all aspects of our national development
policies and
programmes.
Participants:
The general public, Presidency, National and State Assemblies,
Federal and State Executives, Government Parastatals, National
and State Planning
Commissions, Federal Office of Statistics, Organised Private
Sector, Political Parties, NGOs, CSOs, Donor Agencies, Nigerian
Labour Congress, Women's Rights Activists, Students, Academia,
Media Practitioners.
Registration is free, only
e-mail address required.
To participate, subscribe
to [email protected]
* Respect women's rights today!
* Let us fight poverty together!
* LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!
Funded by World Bank Country
Office, Nigeria.
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Kabissa space for change
in Africa
Elle Communications Nig. Ltd, tel: 234-52-256257
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