Research Catalog

Title

Eliminating discrimination against women : the report of a conference / organised by Constitutional Rights Project, CRP, and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation.

Publication

Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria : Constitutional Rights Project : Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Constitutional Rights Project (Nigeria)
• Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung

Description

x, 67 p.; 29 cm.

Subject

• Patriarchy > Nigeria > Congresses
• Sex discrimination against women > Nigeria > Congresses
• Women > Nigeria > Social conditions > Congresses
• Women's rights > Nigeria > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• The law and women in Nigeria / Joy Ngozi Ezeilo (p.4-12). -- Women, the law and legal inequalities / Ifeoma Unobagha (p.13-14). -- Overview of gender discriminatory laws and practices in Nigeria / Hussalina Abdullah (p.15-17). -- Women and bail / Ophelia Nkem Agwuna (p.17-18). -- The law and women : theory and practice / Edith Nwodu (p.18-20). -- Religion and culture : a theoretical approach / Matthew H Kukah (p.20-22). -- The case of widowhood in the south west / Jane Osagie (p.23-24). -- Religion, culture and tradition in Cross River State / Akpo Offlong Bassey (p.24-25). -- Harmful traditional practices and women / E.M Alabi (p.26-27).
• Womanhood among the Tiv of Benue State and Igala of Kogi State / Sam Egwu (p.26-27). -- Cultural and traditional practices : the Ikeduru example / Mary Victoria Mbu (p.30-31). -- Women and militarism / Nkoyo Toyo (p.32-37). -- The role of culture and tradition / Ayo Atsenuwa (p.37=40). -- Nigerian women and public life participation : problems and challenges / Belinda Botty-Diei (p.40-42). -- Public life participation : current trends and development in Calabar / Felicia Ohaeri Enyia (p.43-44). -- Women and public life participation / U.O Umozurike (p.43-46). -- After Nairobi : Nigerian women's participation in public life and decision-making / Ayebaemi I Spiff (p.47049). -- Violence against women : an overview / Obiageli Nwankwo (p.50-56). -- Some perspectives on domestic violence and the law in Nigeria / Ada Okwuosa (p.57-59). -- Violence against women : a violation of women's human rights / Hafara Usman (p.60-62). -- Violence against women : the case of Cross River State / Roibito Ekpiken (p.63-65). -- Violence against women : the role of WIN / Glory Afi Kilanko (p.66-67).

ISBN

9783188283

LCCN

^^^95232544^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library