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Engendering Legislative Issues (ELI) Project, Case Studies No. 1 & 2 (Nigeria)
Date Published: 1 January 2002 Document Type: Briefs & Fact Sheets Issue: Advocacy & Policy, Democracy & Governance, Gender-based Violence Languages: English Country: Nigeria Purchase Method: Download |
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As part of the Democracy and Governance component of programming, CEDPA/Nigeria partnered with the Rivers and Edo State branches of the International Federation of Women Lawyers to implement the project, Engendering Legislative Issues, which aimed to bring women’s issues into the states’ legislative agendas through advocacy and policy change. The federation accomplished policy change by building networks and drawing upon the strengths of already established women’s organizations. The work of these networks eventually led to the passing of the Female Circumcision (Abolition) Law, which was signed by Rivers State Governor in August 2001, and in Edo State, two laws were passed banning FGC and harmful traditional practices in October 1999 and November 2001, respectively.