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Books
Women's Rights in Muslim Laws
Women’s Human Rights Violation in
Nigeria
Women’s Access to Justice and
Personal Security in Nigeria
Sharia implementation in Nigeria:
the Journey so far
Women's Rights in Muslim Laws
The book discusses the most important issues affecting women in Muslim societies, such as the appropriate age of marriage, dower, maintenance, and the right of the parties in a marriage to initiate its dissolution, as well as reproductive rights. It also touches on Hadanah, the custody of the children of a collapsed union and women’s rights to inheritance. It expands upon existing social and religious mores by directly referencing Islamic laws. ..Download
Women’s Human Rights Violations
The struggle for women’s human
rights has gained enormous momentum
during the past two decades.
Research on issues of women’s human
rights as well as activism have
resulted in learning and new levels
of political activism, all aimed at
improving the situation of Nigerian
women.
The focus of this research is
women’s human rights violations in
Nigeria from January 15, 1966-May
29, 1999. This report examines
various abuses of women’s human
rights-highlighting gender
violations as well as discriminatory
laws, policies and practices of the
government, communities and
individuals that have the effect of
violating women’s rights during the
period under study. The findings
were presented to the Justice Oputa
led panel in Abuja on 27th September
2001.
The research was informed by the
resolve of the Obasanjo-led civilian
government that came into office in
May 1999, to ascertain the causes,
nature and extent of human rights
violations in Nigeria. To do this,
the Human Rights Violations
Investigation Commission was set up.
BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights was
commissioned to carry out research
on the violations of women’s human
rights that occurred within the
specified period.
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Women’s Access to Justice and
Personal Security in Nigeria
This synthesis report draws
mostly on existing research on
women's access to justice, personal
security and related women's rights
issues. It is intended as a
background document to inform
programme design and appraisal in
the Safety, Security and Access to
Justice Programme of the United
Kingdom's Department for
International Development (DFID).
The report critically examines the
legal discrimination against women
in formal statutory, customary and
religious laws. It also considers
briefly some aspects of law as lived
realities for women. In this regard
examples are drawn from the National
Laws and the question of issues
arising from the signing of
international instruments that are
not domesticated. The report further
examine the sections that safeguard
women's rights in the constitution
yet at the same time discriminate
against them such as discrimination
in the area of language, nationality
rights, temporary special measure
for women's rights, religion and the
rights of women and the
non-inclusion of gender in the
federal character.
Sharia Implementation in Nigeria:
The Journey so far
This book is an update on Sharia
issue in Nigeria, writing for the
purpose of documenting the genesis
of its implementation and the roles
being played by Baobab for Women’s
Human Rights and other notable NGOs
in seeking justice for some of the
victims in the implementation of the
new Sharia Acts in Nigeria.
The book derives its materials from
our reports, public lectures,
seminar papers and fact-finding
missions as well as news reports and
court records. It aims at clarifying
and explaining the circumstances and
background to some of the cases
involving women under the new Sharia
Penal Codes in the northern part of
Nigeria since its inception in 1999.
The goal is to draw attention to the
abuse of women’s human rights and
the inequality between men and women
before the law. Our experiences and
strategies, as well as the efforts
of other organizations, individuals
and the Nigerian media are also
highlighted in this document.
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