[huridocs-tech] Listserv on the Economic Rights of Nigerian Women

Dear List administrators,

Please paste this very important conference advert on your mailing list. 
Women's Rights Watch Nigeria is an NGO campaigning against gender 
persecution in Nigeria.  We are trying to bridge the digital gap by using 
the Internet as an advocacy tool to conscientise our national institutions 
and citizens.

I will be very grateful for your support and co-operation.

Thank you.

J.J. OWA,
CONFERENCE CO-ORDINATOR,
WOMEN'S RIGHTS WATCH,
28, COOKE ROAD,
BENIN CITY,
EDO STATE OF NIGERIA.
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WOMEN'S RIGHTS WATCH NIGERIA

IN COLLABORATION WITH

ROOTS AND FRUITS WOMEN FARMERS SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (RUFARM)

AND

WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEGAL AID CLINIC

                                                         Hosts

THE FIRST NIGERIA INTERNET INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE ON THE ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF 
NIGERIAN WOMEN

Web page:  www.kabissa.org/mailman/listinfo/womenseconomicrights-conference

 From 9th August - 8th September, 2001.

"Men control most of the major institutions of our society, from churches 
to political parties to corporations, governments and mass media...Men 
therefore have material privileges to defend...." Robert Connell, 
University of Sydney, Australia.

(1)  THE ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN NIGERIA - from rhetoric to action

       Speaker:  Mrs. Nogi Imoukhuede - Lawyer and Project Co-ordinator of 
Women's Rights Watch Nigeria.

(2)   MICRO CREDIT AS A TOOL FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION OF NIGERIAN WOMEN - 
OUR EXPERIENCE

        Speaker:  Godwin Ehigiamusoe - Co-ordinator, Lift Above Poverty 
Organisation (LAPO).

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:

(1)   To sensitize our national institutions - the Presidency, National 
Assembly, State governments, National and State Planning Commissions, 
Federal Office of Statistics, Local Governments, Organised Private Sector 
(OPS), Industries and Corporations, Federal and State Ministries, Federal 
and State owned Corporations on the economic rights of Nigerian women.

(2)   To map out strategies for gender mainstreaming in the implementation 
of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP).

(3)   To form a lobby group for ACTION on the implementation of women's 
economic rights in all aspects of our national development policies and 
programmes.

Participants:

The general public, Presidency, National and State Assemblies, Federal and 
State Executives, Government Parastatals, National and State Planning 
Commissions, Federal Office of Statistics, Organised Private Sector, 
Political Parties, NGOs, CSOs, Donor Agencies, Nigerian Labour Congress, 
Women's Rights Activists, Students, Academia, Media Practitioners.

Registration is free, only e-mail address required.

To participate, subscribe to jjowa@kabissa.org

*    Respect women's rights today!

*    Let us fight poverty together!

*    LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!

Funded by World Bank Country Office, Nigeria.

Technical support from:
Kabissa space for change in Africa www.kabissa.org
Elle Communications Nig. Ltd, tel:  234-52-256257
Prestnet Nig. Ltd e-mail: anthonyprest@hotmail.com

SIGNED;

J.J. OWA
CONFERENCE CO-ORDINATOR,
28, COOKE ROAD,
BENIN CITY,
EDO STATE, NIGERIA.
TEL:  234-52-257180




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