LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-It is not unheard of for men to have more than one wife with many cultural practices and religions of the world even supporting the habit. However, it comes across as unusual to hear of a woman with multiple husbands. Polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Every Woman Treaty, an NGO representing women’s rights advocates in 128 countries, has launched a campaign for a global treaty to combat the worldwide pandemic of violence against women and girls. “Violence against women and girls is a global crisis that occurs in every nation and takes many forms. At least one…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Large numbers of women from Imo women were reported to have now headed to 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, to protest against what they described as the involvement of the Army in the controversial declaration of governor Rochas Okorocha, as Imo west senator-elect. Vanguard report observed that the women are from the 12…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-—United States Consul General F. John Bray has called for increased investment in the education of the girl-child and greater political participation by women in Nigeria. Delivering the keynote address on the second day of the 17th Annual Conference of Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ), in Lagos on November…