Company in Akwa Ibom State
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1.1 Nigeria is a party to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, which it signed in 1985 and ratified in 1989 and an optional protocol in 1999; thus, it should be an expression of its agreement with the definition of discrimination in the Convention and a commitment to monitor discriminatory practices against women.
1.2 First of all, section 42 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution guarantees the right to freedom from discrimination on the basis of sex. However, in many states of the Federation, in practice, there are corresponding traditional norms that define gender roles in the customary system.
1.3 Consistent with the constitutional obligations of Articles 13-15, 16 1) b), 17-18 and 42 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, the three branches of gove Company in Akwa Ibom State rnment, the executive, legislative and judicial, have adequate competence and responsibility for on action for the development of women and their protection from all forms of discrimination.
More recently, the Court of Appeal has fully proved its competence and effectiveness by declaring three customs in Enugu and Anambra states discriminatory against women and violating their rights and human dignity, in the following cases:
Teresa Onwo v. Nwafor Oko and 12 Others (1996), 6 NWLR (Pt. 456) at 584;
Augustine Mojekwu vs. Caroline Mojekwu (1997), 7 NWLR (Pt. 512) P.238;
· Mojekwu v Ejikeme (2000), 5 NWLR (Pt. 657) P. 402; and
Alajemba Uke and Anor v. Albert Iro (2001), 11 NWLR (Pt. 723) at P. 203.
1.4 As a result of urbanization, education, public awareness and awareness, patriarchal attitudes in Nigeria and other negative cultural practices that impede the enjoyment of women's rights are rapidly undermining and eroding. Women have strongly supported affirmative action and, as a result, their participation in government at the decision-making level has increased. Women are now elected and appointed by councilors, heads of local governments, members of the State House of Representatives and the National Assembly, senior management positions, directors, permanent secretaries, commissioners, vice chancellors, judges, special consultants, ambassadors, and honorary ministers. The proportion of women who are elected and appointed to positions at various levels of government is presented in tables 7 and 8.
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