ACTIVISTS and pro democracy groups have reiterated the
imperatives of recognising the roles and the inclusion of Nigerian women
in the country’s democratic process.
At an event organised in Lagos Tuesday by Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Women Arise (WA) to mark the 17th anniversary of the assassination of pro democracy activist, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, activists demanded that women and other marginalised groups be given their rightful place in the country’s democracy.
Daughter of the
slain activist and founder of KIND, Hafsat Abiola-Costello said perhaps
more than the other sex, women in Nigeria had borne
the brunt of the hollow political pact that the post-colonial state has been able to fashion out with the Nigerian people.
Abiola-Costello, also Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to Ogun State Governor said: “In terms of social services, access for women and girls are worse than that of men and boys. In parts of the country, about 1, 500 women die for every 100,000 babies born, more than five times the global average...’’
While only 10 per cent of the six million graduates coming out of the universities each year will secure jobs, only 30 per cent of this already low figure will be women. About 54 per cent of Nigerians living in poverty, 60 per cent are women and children.”
At an event organised in Lagos Tuesday by Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Women Arise (WA) to mark the 17th anniversary of the assassination of pro democracy activist, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, activists demanded that women and other marginalised groups be given their rightful place in the country’s democracy.
the brunt of the hollow political pact that the post-colonial state has been able to fashion out with the Nigerian people.
Abiola-Costello, also Special Adviser on Millennium Development Goals (MDG) to Ogun State Governor said: “In terms of social services, access for women and girls are worse than that of men and boys. In parts of the country, about 1, 500 women die for every 100,000 babies born, more than five times the global average...’’
While only 10 per cent of the six million graduates coming out of the universities each year will secure jobs, only 30 per cent of this already low figure will be women. About 54 per cent of Nigerians living in poverty, 60 per cent are women and children.”
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