Nigeria: IWD: NHRC advocates gender laws to enhance women’s rights

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s International Women’s Day, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on legislators to pass all the outstanding gender laws before them to enhance the rights of women in the country.

Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN said, there is the need for actionable measures to foster safe spaces for all women, as awareness creation and advocacy…