The Civil Society Organisations, and the Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative, WRAPA, have called for a gender-friendly manifesto in Nigeria.
They tabled these concerns ahead of campaigns for the forthcoming elections, which are to begin this week for the conquest of the various political seats in the 2023 elections.
The women declared that;
- A welcome manifesto prioritises and concretely addresses Gender Equality and Women Empowerment. It also ensures that Gender-Based Violence, Harmful Practices, and Reproductive Health Rights violations are eliminated in all parts of the country.
- The harmonisation of the Anti-sexual Harassment Bill and transmission to the President for assent, the reintroducing and passage of the Gender Equal Opportunity Bill, and the implementation of the VAPP Act (Violence Against Persons Prohibition) in all 31 states it has been passed, including FCT are critical points of every good manifesto to the women in Nigeria.
The Women’s Rights Organisations and Civil Society Organisations, autonomous social groups, including Youth groups, disability groups, especially those facing multiple forms of discrimination/marginalisation, jointly signed an open letter to Nigerian politicians on the agendas that are of priority to women’s movement in the FCT. Topping the list was the elimination of violence against women and girls.
WRAPA adopted the ten Pillar partners strategy to ensure that women’s coalition/networks of Women’s Rights Organisations and relevant CSOs, autonomous social groups, youth groups including disability groups especially those facing multiple forms of discrimination/marginalisation commit to cascade WRAPA projects to their various networks and coalition for inclusion, deepening (reach the unreachable), scalability and sustainability.
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