WILPF Nigeria commends #Nigeria’s support for the #UPR recommendations for the adoption of the five pending gender bills and calls for their expedited adoption. Prioritising these bills, allocating budget, and increasing collaboration is key 🤝 #HRC56
🔗 https://t.co/pGG3DR3KlX
🕊️ Addressing the connections between small arms and harmful masculinities is key to advancing peace. WILPF Nigeria urges concrete actions on this concern as recommended in its #UPR submission: https://t.co/q4YdeXTtr4
#GenderBasedViolence#HRC56
📣 WILPF Nigeria highlights the urgent need to implement #GenderBasedViolence provisions in the #ArmsTradeTreaty & calls for programs to address the connections between arms, violence & harmful masculinities. #HRC56#UPR#SALW
See the full statement: https://t.co/VSa1vAlNYs
📜 In a statement to #HRC56, WILPF Nigeria welcomes #Nigeria’s support for #UPR recommendation 152.10 to translate the #ArmsTradeTreaty into concrete actions. It’s time to adopt the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons Bill. #SALW#ArmsTreaty
🔗 https://t.co/pGG3DR3KlX
I had the opportunity to travel to Zanzibar in Tanzania to attend a conference on mobilizing men for feminist peace for implementing partners on the project. Highpoint was learning about Feminist Political Economy&how it relates to the work we do in building feminist peace.@WILPF
Congratulations to the Country Director of WILPF Nigeria for the meritorious award on “Women Exemplary Leadership and Governance”.
This was presented to Prof Joy Onyesoh on Thursday, the 8th of December 2022 by the Women Aid Collective (WACOL).