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The Federal Government is working towards the establishment of specialised courts and judicial divisions that will focus on sexual and gender-based violence (GBV). ....
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri As the world celebrates this year’s International Women’s Day, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, has expressed the commitment of Nigeria towards ensuring an end to gender-based violence in the country. He said the Federal Government has focused significant attention on the issue of sexual and gender-based violence and was working towards the establishment of specialised courts and judicial divisions focused on sexual and gender-based violence. A statement by Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the AGF, Dr Umar Gwandu, yesterday, said Malami spoke at a virtual session on “Special Event on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism,” organised by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime, UNODC. ....
By Alex Enumah The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) has reiterated Nigeria’s commitment towards ending gender-based violence in the country. Malami reiterated government’s position in a speech he delivered to commemorate the 2021 International Women Day. According to the AGF, the federal government is focusing “significant attention on the issue of sexual and gender based violence and therefore working towards the establishment of specialized courts and Judicial Divisions focused on sexual and gender-based violence”. Speaking on the theme, “Special Event on Gender Dimensions of Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism” organised by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC), the minister recalled that he inaugurated the Inter-Ministerial Management Committee on Eradication of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence last year with the hope that they will be important tools in helping Nigeria to a ....
By Deji Elumoye, Alex Enumah in Abuja and Peter Uzoho in Lagos The First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, yesterday broke her silence since September last year, as she called for an end to the abduction of women and schoolgirls in her goodwill message to Nigerian women on International Women’s Day. However, in his goodwill message, President Muhammadu Buhari condemned discrimination against women in their places of work based on their gender, saying despite the gender discrimination, women remain the bedrock of the society. In her message titled, ‘Message of the First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2021,’ the first lady, who has not made public appearance since the wedding of her daughter, Hanan, last September, urged governments at all levels to end the abductions. ....