Tag: FIDA

364 rape cases recorded in Borno in 4 months – FIDA

Aminu Imam

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Borno State chapter, has revealed that no fewer than 364 sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) was recorded between January to April this year across the State. FIDA said to curtail the alarming rate of the SGBV cases, it is working with various stakeholders including the Borno State House of Assembly to ensure domestication of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act, 2015 in the State. Speaking at a High-Level Advocacy on ‘Popularisation and Increased Visibility for the Borno State Violence Against Persons Prohibition Bill’ at…

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Women lawyers visit El-Rufai, seeks establishment of family court

Ishaku Yohanna

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has advocated the establishment of Family Court in Kaduna state in order to fast track the prosecution of Gender-Based Violence. Speaking when FIDA paid a courtesy call on Governor Nasir el-Rufai at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Wednesday, the state Chair of the association, Barrister Zainab Atoba, said that the proposed court will promptly handle cases of rape, defilement, wife battery, child abuse, child labour and marriage issues. According to the FIDA chair, the regular courts are burdened with too many cases and…

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