The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) with support from the Canadian Fund For Local Initiatives (CFLI) has held a Capacity Building Workshop for selected women observers on observing, documenting and reporting women participation during the Bayelsa state off-cycle governorship elections. The National Programme Officer of FIDA, Mr Fikih Obaro in an interview ...

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Osun State chapter has sensitized traditional leaders in the state on the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) law. The association addressed the traditional rulers during their monthly meeting held at the Government Secretariat, Abere in Osogbo. According to the FIDA Chairperson, Mrs Oluwadamilola Olabiyi, the sensitization programme was ...

  The Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has offered to represent embattled Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza during the hearing of her impeachment. In a letter addressed to the governor, the organisation has expressed its concerns over what it has termed as constant attacks against her. It has cited the two impeachments by the Meru county ...

  I extend my heartfelt goodwill to the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Lagos Branch on the occasion of your 2023 Law Week. FIDA Lagos Branch has long been a beacon of strength and advocacy in the legal community, dedicated to advancing the rights and well being of women and children. Your unwavering commitment ...

  The International Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA), Ebonyi State in a spectacular celebration, yesterday Marked the birthday of a legal luminary and a true advocate for gender equality, Mazi Afam Osigwe, SAN! They came together to honor a man whose commitment to justice and empowering women has left an indelible mark on the hearts ...

  The Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Josiah Majebi, has lamented the increase in violence against Women and Children in the Country. Justice Majebi made his worries known on Wednesday September 13, during the opening ceremony of the 2023 International Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA) Nigeria week in Kogi State, held in Lokoja. The theme ...

  A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has awarded the sum of N30 million against Mrs Marianne Ahmadu Ali, wife of a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmadu Ali for locking up her personal assistant, Ms. Deborah Longs Nanpon in a filthy dog’s cage for three days. ...

Barely two weeks to the general elections, the Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) has trained 24 women lawyers as observers in Kaduna to report indices of electoral violence before and during the elections across the 23 local government areas of the state. Declaring the training open, the Country’s Vice president /National President, Amina Agbaje ...

Pregnancy [/captionThe International Director, the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Mrs Ezinwa Okoroafor has disclosed that no woman deserves to pay the ultimate price as a result of childbirth. Okoroafor, who stated this at the Labour Ward of Gwarimpa General Hospital, Abuja, during the adoption of the Labour Ward, as part of activities lined ...

The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has called on governments at all levels to establish centres for women and girls in need of psychosocial support, and equip them with man power. General Secretary of FIDA, Abuja chapter, Mojirayo Ogunlana-Nkanga, who made the call in Abuja during her paper presentation on gender with the theme: ...

International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) has appealed to the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice John Adeyeye, to establish a special court to handle gender related cases. FIDA made the request yesterday while paying courtesy visit to the state Chief Judge in his office in Ado Ekiti. Addressing the Chief Judge, Ekiti State FIDA ...

Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka has assured that the command under his watch will not hesitate to take appropriate action against the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Akpajo Police Station, Emmanuel Ifeanyi. The DPO was accused of “assaulting” a member of the International Federation of Women Lawyers alongside an official from the ...

The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, has disclosed plans for the association to offer free legal services to eight female inmates serving various terms in the Correctional facility. The FIDA Chairperson, Kano branch, Barr. Bilkisu Suleiman who dropped the hint said the inmates were imprisoned for minor cases such as debt, stealing and fighting. ...

On the 13th day of April, 2022, the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Abuja Chapter held its monthly meeting at the Ministry of Justice, Abuja. The meeting had an August visitor in the person of Chidi Udekwe Esq. who had the opportunity of felicitating with esteemed members. Welcoming him and his entourage to the ...

The International Federation of Women Lawyers has raised the alarm over the rise in cases of teachers sexually abusing their students in Rivers State. The Chairperson of FIDA in Rivers State, Adata Bio-Briggs, while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt, the state capital, said between January and April 2022, over 50 cases of teachers defiling ...

Since the judgment last Wednesday, by the Federal High Court in Abuja, ordering the government to comply with the 35per cent affirmative action for women, which allows women occupy 35 per cent of all appointments, there have been reactions from women leaders across the country. Speaking with our correspondent at the weekend, the Chairperson, International ...