Nigeria

Inter African Committee on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children in Africa – Nigeria

IAC- NIGERIA is a National NGO with operational presence in 26 states of the country; as an affiliate of IAC African Region it is committed to the elimination of all Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPS) that impinge on the reproductive health, rights and well-being of women and children and also raising the socio economic and political status of women. This is achieved through Advocacy and Social Mobilization, Capacity Building Workshops, Training, Information, Education, Communication (TIEC) Campaign and Research.

BAOBAB – for women’s human rights

A women’s human rights organization that focuses on women’s legal rights issues under the three (3) systems of law – customary, statutory and religious laws in Nigeria. The organization evolved from an ad hoc group of activists, social scientists, lawyers, and specialists in Muslim laws and Arabic who were responsible for executing the Women and Laws Nigeria project, under the auspices of the International Solidarity Network of Women Living Under Muslim Laws from 1993 to 1996. In 1996, BAOBAB as presently constituted formally came into being.

Women’s Rights in Law and practice: Property Rights

"Islam and gender: The Nigerian case"

This chapter is divided into two main sections. The first focuses on some theological and other variables associated with islam in Nigeria and briefly examines the historical context of Islamisation with Nigerian society. The second section discusses specific social and economic dimensions of Islam with respect to gender relations, and the manner in which traditional norms and Islamic injunctions have accommodated one another.

Customary Law rule of primogeniture and its discriminatory effects on women’s inheritance rights in Nigeria: A call for reform

Double Oppression: Women and Land Matters in Kaduna State

Discriminatory Property Inheritance Under Customary Law in Nigeria: NGOs to the Rescue

The authors argue that the patterns of inheritance and succession, particularly under intestate estate under customary law in Nigeria, have almost as many variations as there are ethnic groups in the country, and many of the variations are discriminatory in practice. The law of succession and inheritance reflects Nigeria's plural legal system. Indigenous customary law developed rules of inheritance for intestacy through the traditional canon of descent, as adapted over the years to changes in the society and the rule of natural justice as applied by the courts.

Dispossession and Management of Common Property: Women and Inheritance in East Africa

"A Case Study of the Socio-Economic Implications of Women's Access to Land in Nigeria"

"Women's Access to Land and its Implications the Nigerian Case"