On the eve of International Women’s Day, 2020, we women and girls facing Discrimination based on Work and Descent (DWD) and hailing from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, call out for recognition, inclusion and adoption of DWD inclusive policies and implementation of all legal mechanisms for ensuring the equality, justice and dignity to all across the globe. We stand unitedly to reaffirm our faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women in the spirit of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1979.

The Kiisi Trust Fund wishes to announce the appointment of Barrister Lemea Ngbor-Abina, a member of the Trust’ Advisory Council, into the Rivers State Judiciary as a Judge by the Executive Governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike on the 7^th of January 2020.

La violence basée sur le genre (VBG) est un obstacle persistant, parmi d’autres, à l’autonomisation des femmes francophones en Afrique de l’ouest. Toutefois, bien que la VBG soit une préoccupation omniprésente en matière de droits humains pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest, il n’existe que peu de recherche sur la manière de la combattre en ciblant sa cause fondamentale que sont les normes sociales néfastes.