THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN NIGERIA FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS
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ABSTRACT
This study is on “the legal framework in Nigeria for the protection of women’s right”. Because of their status as human beings, both men and women are entitled to have all of their rights fully protected by the government. The phrase “human rights” refers, at its most fundamental level, to guaranteed prerogatives that are provided to a person just because that person is alive. A claim to something (by the right of the holder) that may be exercised and enforced in accordance with a set of reasons or justification without interference from other people is the definition of a right. The issue of whether the rights stated in the key instruments of the human rights movement have a “universal” or relative nature has been a topic of discussion and advocacy throughout the movement’s history. The contentions between these positions took on a renewed vigor as the human movement slowly developed and reneged on making specific provision on gender issues. Additionally, a significant development emerged over the decades between claims related with cultural relativism on the one hand, and universalism on the other hand, as they relate to gender in different territories. Within the context of international human rights literature, the issue of discrimination against women has been framed as one that involves self-determination. According to the findings of this study, discrimination occurs when women are subjected to unequal treatment as a consequence of the establishment, preservation, and continuation of systems of inequality. It also argues that the Nigerian government and human rights activists, by being more responsive to international regimes of human rights, do not pay sufficient attention to indigenous philosophies, traditions, and socio-cultural factors that hinder the effective actualization of rights to all human beings. This argument is based on the notion that indigenous philosophies, traditions, and socio-cultural factors are viewed as inferior to international regimes of human rights. The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights is the treaty that obliquely provides for the protection of reproductive and sexual rights in Africa, and the protocol to the African charter places sexual health and rights within the context of the recognition of women’s reproductive rights as human rights. In other words, the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights protects reproductive and sexual rights in Africa. The ratification of the protocol represented a renewed commitment to the growth of women’s rights as human rights in the African area, and it strengthens international law on women’s equality. In addition, the acceptance of the protocol was a step toward achieving gender equality.
THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN NIGERIA FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS
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