By Abdulrahman Abdullahi
Plateau women farmers have called on the state government to combat discrimination against women in inheriting land, implement its law on equal opportunities between the sexes (GEOL).
Coordinator of the Association of Rural Women in Nigeria (COWAN), Plateau branch, Ms Jessica Vonkat, made the appeal in an interview with the Nigerian News Agency on Monday in Jos.
She said the law protects women from all forms of discrimination in politics, economy, traditions and social issues, among others, and if implemented, it would ensure that women have better access to health. land for agriculture.
The COWAN official, however, said the establishment of a gender commission was a requirement for the implementation of the law, as it would coordinate gender issues.
“We’re supposed to have a commission to implement it, without this commission the implementation wouldn’t be easy, so we beg the government to take care of it.”
“The reason I am happy with the law is when it says that all customs and traditions that discriminate against women are null and void, which means that women can now inherit land. their parents’ house.”
NAN reports that plateau is the first state in northern Nigeria to publish the GEOL in 2018, which was adopted in 2015.
