The International Federation of Women Lawyers has called on African countries to domesticate the Maputo protocol, an international human rights instrument on the protection of rights of women in the continent. This is as the organisation stressed the need for stakeholders to employ the use of technology to accelerate the domestication of the protocol.…
The lawyers stated these at the FIDA Africa regional congress themed ‘Maputo Protocol and Women in Africa: Digital Technology As A Vital Tool for Acceleration’ on Friday in Abuja. While stressing the need for women lawyers to play significant role in the sensitising citizens on the need for domestication of the Maputo protocol, Fayemi warned that without concrete and practical measures, Nigeria will continue to see abysmal performance of women in policy, business and decision making.
“We have state houses of assemblies that there are no women at all. Without concrete and practical measures, we will continue to see abysmal performance of women in policy, business and decision making. She called on the government both at national and state level to live up to their obligations by bringing up policies to encourage women participation in politics.
President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Yakubu Maikyau, stressed the need for government at all levels to realize, acknowledge and help promote the rights of women and give them enough space to participate in the society.