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Political Violence: Nigerian Women Makes Bold Move Against 2019


Olufemi Alonso

A member of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon. Princess Titilayo Owolabi Akerele who is the Secretary General, Conference of Female Parliamentarians in the 36 States of Nigeria has said all women, especially in Ekiti experiencing political violence and in need of help should leave a message via her WhatsApp group wall for possible assistance or linkage with the national response situation office


This was disclosed during the recently attended three in one meeting and workshop of Female Parliamentarians in the 36 States of Nigeria at the Transcorp Hilton Hotels, Abuja between 26th -30th Nov. 2017.

At the workshop and meeting; several topics were discussed amongst which were; Unbundling the barriers to inclusive democracy. The meeting with the United Nations Women representatives with Women in Parliament dwelled on action plans on how to increase the number of women in politics in 2019 and identification of various types of pre- election, election day and post election violence against women.

The meeting was to proffer solutions with timelines on means of protecting women against violence and bringing together over 250 women from all over Nigeria, representatives from UK, Canada and US.

The Ekiti lawmaker in her address called for inclusion of the male folk in the gender balance talk, she made a call for improved implementation of existing legal instruments on gender balancing and protection, urging women to be more supportive of one another instead of hating their kind and voting for the male gender.

Owolabi who is the Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs and Gender Empowerment said there is need for more advocacy, women sensitization and enlightenment campaign, noting that women need enough talks and actions.

Present at the workshop were the Presidents of Women in Politics, Nigeria Women Trust Fund, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, NASS representatives, INEC, over 20 NGOs representing the civil society and notable women leaders cum politicians. Owolabi is also the CEO of Princess Valerie Royal Hope Foundation, an NGO interested in the plights of grassroot women.

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