Wife of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, has called on women lawyers to partner\u00a0 with\u00a0 other women professional groups\u00a0\u00a0 to protect less privileged\u00a0 women and children\u00a0 in the country.
\nSpeaking\u00a0 as a Special Guest of Honour at the special session of the International Federation of Women Lawyers\u00a0 (FIDA ) during the ongoing 56th NBA National Conference in Port Harcourt yesterday,\u00a0 Justice Nyesom-Wike said such partnership\u00a0 will afford women groups the needed capacity\u00a0 to advance\u00a0 women rights.
\nThe wife of the Rivers State Governor who described\u00a0 the theme of the session: \u201cEnforcing Laws Protecting Women and Children : Issues and Challenges \u201c, as apt also called for the creation\u00a0 of\u00a0 awareness\u00a0 on existing\u00a0 gender protection\u00a0 laws, so that more women can take advantage of them.
\nShe said : \u201cI urge FIDA to do more for the less privileged\u00a0 women of Nigeria. I suggest\u00a0 that FIDA should work\u00a0 with\u00a0 other women professional\u00a0 groups to ensure that women\u00a0 rights are protected.
\nShe regretted\u00a0 that the responses to the violation of women by institutions have been disheartening, especially\u00a0 when victims courageously report cases.
\nShe also urged\u00a0 men to join the struggle for gender equality\u00a0 in the country.
\nIn her remarks, Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra called for more robust implementation of gender laws for the protection of\u00a0 women.
\nThe Head of Service of Rivers State, Barrister Rufus Godwins in a paper presentation\u00a0 advocated for stiffer penalties for sexual offenders.
\nNana Oyelithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection,\u00a0 Republic of Ghana , said\u00a0 that it is necessary\u00a0 for\u00a0 the\u00a0 rights of women to be respected in the society.
\nShe said that Ghana has taken several strategic\u00a0 measures\u00a0 to advance the protection\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 rights of women and children.
\nCountry Vice President \/National President of FIDA, Mrs Inime Aguma assured that FIDA\u00a0 will always stand for the rights of women irrespective of the challenges.
\nThe session\u00a0 was attended\u00a0 by\u00a0 women lawyers\u00a0 from across\u00a0 the\u00a0 country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wife of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, has called on women lawyers to partner\u00a0 with\u00a0 other women professional groups\u00a0\u00a0 to protect less privileged\u00a0 women and children\u00a0 in the country. Speaking\u00a0 as a Special Guest of Honour at the special session of the International Federation of Women Lawyers\u00a0 (FIDA ) during the ongoing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-front-pix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/134970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}