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Women Policy

Women Policy

The Party shall be committed to a policy thrust, which seeks to address the promotion, security, extension, and guarantee equal rights to women, in line with the promotion of fundamental human rights as enshrined in the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and also domestication of all conventions to which Nigeria is a signatory.

The Policy thrust of the Party on women shall be to:

A critical mass of women politicians must be reached through affirmative action policies/quotas. A 30 percent minimum quota in all appointive and elective positions shall be considered, and mechanisms for demanding and monitoring the implementation of such quotas should be developed. An Equal Opportunities Commission could be a viable organ to support this process.
Provision of adequate information and statistics on the situation and character of poverty in, Nigeria with regional variables.
The party shall strive to seek to engender fundamental alternations in power relations between the sexes, in the distribution of social resources and in cultural mores. It shall seek to empower women in order to enhance their status.
Transform the economic, social, psychological political and legal circumstances of women through a comprehensive review of existing laws in the country to update them and remove discrimination against our women folk, especially in the area of empowerment, marriage, credit, home-ownership, inheritance and widowhood.
Expansion of women’s access to educational opportunities, facilities for skills acquisition and positions of authority.
Sensitize women on their role as advocates for changes in the society, the Party shall take active, practical and concrete steps to empower and raise the consciousness of Nigerian women and shall facilitates access by them to the various organs of the Party, and to. the agencies of government.
The Party accepts the equality of men and women and shall effect this in its full acceptance and strong representation of Nigerian women in the political process. Especially, the Party shall ensure that the women are encouraged to contest elective party and public/political offices/posts at all levels of the Party organization and at all levels of government.
Making available micro-economic loans to women in the informal sector and the permission of promotion of adults’ literacy/vocational class, especially for women in the rural and also urban areas
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