Discrimination against Nigerian Women, Part 3
This is part 3 of the paper: Domestic, Regional, and International Protection of NigerianWomen against Discrimination: Constraints and Possibilities. African Studies Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 3, Fall 2002. Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome There are two sections here titled: "Discrimination Against Nigerian Women: A Contemporary Overview," and "Discrimination Against Women--International, Regional and Domestic Protections ." Look out for part 4, which concludes the paper. The previous section read was the Introduction, which began thus: Discrimination against women is defined by Article 1 of the United Nations Convention onthe Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women of 1979 (heretofore referred to as the1979 Convention or CEDAW) as "any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis ofsex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment orexercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basi...