Ngeria
has led advocacy campaign for the promotion of women’s property rights in
Africa, saying it is a panacea to achieving women economic empowerment in the
continent.
The
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, hosted Africa’s women
parliamentarians at a side event at the ongoing UN Commission on the Status of
Women in NewYork.
Orelope-Adefulire
regretted that women were still discriminated against in Africa in the area of
rights to inherit property.
“Women
are special; we should be celebrated everyday and there is no reason why our
rights should be eroded.
“The
laws that give rights to men, the same laws give rights to women. So we must
come together to protect the rights of women in Africa,” she said. Read more here
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