{"id":57615,"date":"2024-12-03T20:33:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57615"},"modified":"2024-12-03T20:33:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:33:32","slug":"women-not-wanted-in-nigerias-political-space-baobab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/03\/women-not-wanted-in-nigerias-political-space-baobab\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Not Wanted in Nigeria\u2019s Political Space \u2013BAOBAB"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Our Correspondent <\/strong><\/p>\n

BAOBAB, a prominent women\u2019s rights advocacy group, has raised concerns over the systemic exclusion of women from Nigeria\u2019s political arena.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a gathering in Abuja on December 3, 2024, BAOBAB’s Executive Director Yeye Bunmi Dipo-Salami lamented the deliberate obstacles hindering women’s political participation, including violence, intimidation, and emotional oppression.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is becoming more obvious that women are not wanted in Nigeria\u2019s political space,\u201d she stated, citing cases like the gruesome murder of a female politician in Kogi State and other acts of gender-based violence.<\/p>\n

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She called for urgent action, urging women to rise above distractions and assert their rights in the political sphere.<\/p>\n

The event, which brought together women leaders from across the FCT, also launched a 16-day activism campaign against violence targeting women in politics, advocating for the domestication of the Maputo Protocol to end these injustices.<\/p>\n

Key speakers, including former Ekiti State House Speaker Rt. Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba, emphasized the need for legislative reforms to secure women\u2019s representation and protection in politics.<\/p>\n

Participants resolved to use the National Assembly to push for bills that ensure women\u2019s emancipation from oppression and inequality in governance.<\/p>\n

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BAOBAB\u2019s rallying call is a bold step toward dismantling systemic barriers and fostering inclusive leadership in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Our Correspondent BAOBAB, a prominent women\u2019s rights advocacy group, has raised concerns over the systemic exclusion of women from Nigeria\u2019s political arena. Speaking at a gathering in Abuja on December 3, 2024, BAOBAB’s Executive Director Yeye Bunmi Dipo-Salami lamented the deliberate obstacles hindering women’s political participation, including violence, intimidation, and emotional oppression. \u201cIt is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57619,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57615\/revisions\/57619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}