purplish:


Here you go - https:///zkyr3NEgkW

PureWays:
Really!!!! Chauvinistic trappings?
If you don't mind my dear:
In just a sentence, simply state what the women want to achieve with the bill.

What do you want?

LocalChamp:
Senators fear Gender Equality Bill will turn women to prostitutes, lesbians –Senator Abaribe

April 13, 2016 Samuel Ogundipe

The senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has said the Senate rejected the Gender Equal Opportunities Bill because some lawmakers feared the legislation could give women unfettered freedom to engage in immoral activities.

Mr. Abaribe said many senators expressed deep concerns over the blanket freedom the bill would give women because many of them would ignore their immediate responsibilities and turn to prostitutes and homosexuals, urging the proponents of the bill to find a way of replacing some of its languages.

Mr. Abaribe spoke during a forum on political rights of women in Nigeria organised by the Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre (CIRDDOC) on Wednesday in Abuja.

“The bill was defeated at the second reading when its details were highlighted to the senators,” Mr. Abaribe said. “Some lawmakers started expressing deep worries about some parts of the bill that they think could give women too much freedom and lead them to prostitution, lesbianism and other social vices.”
Mr. Abaribe called on all those championing the bill to make efforts at modifying some aspects of it in order to make it acceptable to all lawmakers for passage.
“The reason why we’re here is that we think that we should be able to restrategise, we should be able to look at the bill again and see those contentious areas we may need to modify. We should be able to find those critical constituencies within the senate that we must have to address.

“We should be able to look at the narrative of the bill and how it is being presented to the public and change that narrative and make it a positive narrative.
“For example, the bill is not a north versus south bill. The bill is not a Christian versus Muslim bill. The bill is not a male versus female bill. The bill simply seeks to extend to every Nigerian all the rights that are they should enjoy. And if women by virtue of our culture, by virtue of our historic antecedents are being behind, then we need to also drag them into the economy by giving them every right that they can use to be productive members of the society and that is all that we’re trying to do.
“It has been rejected but we’re talking to the senators who are supporting the bill to know how we could move forward. It’s not easy to say the bill can pass tomorrow, but we will continue to plead with other members for their support on this bill.
Mr. Abaribe, who is a member of the Senate Constitutional Review Committee, also said the bill may need to be incorporated into the Constitution as part of the ongoing constitutional amendment process in the National Assembly.
“Since we’re doing constitutional review, I will advise that we find a way of putting this bill directly into the Constitution because if we just make it as part of electoral law, it could be challenged at the courts and get struck down.”
The bill, which has continued to stoke widespread emotions amongst women, was introduced by Senator Biodun Olujimi and it aimed to achieve, among other purposes, equal access to education, strengthening of the laws on violence against Women, ending abduction of girls, sustenance and promotion of entrepreneurship opportunities, gender mainstreaming and gender equality, as well as female participation in governance.

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/201751-senators-fear-gender-equality-bill-will-turn-women-to-prostitutes-lesbians-senator-abaribe.html

MathsChic:

That gender equality is still a discussion in Nigeria is overwhelming disappointing. Though it may seem unobvious, the equality of the sexes is one of the bars representative of an advanced, progressive society.

PureWays:
Which discrimination in education are you talking about?
Last time I checked, Nigerian woman are given every right to go to school..

There are many companies that prefers female workers to male so the issue of economic rights is invalid..

I think women don't want to fight for opportunities like the men do, this struggle is to promote female nepotism and superiority..

All what the bill seeks has already been given, all what the women need it to "go take it".

amokeme:
can someone please explain what the bold means to me Cause I don't seem to get it.

If everything mentioned there are what the bill is to achieve, then I think the "Gender equality" title they are giving it is wrong. It should be, Equal rights and elimination of violence against the female gender" which is totally different from Gender equality. People tend to mix the two which is why this battle is a lost one already.

onoja12:
first he has a right to concur,second what makes you think he doesn't know what he is talking about,lastly have you read the bill the woman presented,you are relying on the title.after reading that bill i new right away that woman didn't prepare that bill,it was given to her,the bill is out to bring in lesbianism though the back door,no story about it. but like most things the white do thinking we are stupid, they thought our women would line up on the street and start a riot if the bill wasn't passed.But God has always made sure that they never succeed,please look for the bill and read it.if i find it on my system i would put it up

Dollyak:
Gender equality turning women to lesbian. Word fail me. Just when I thought the senators couldn't sink lower they have just achieved that. The average women in Nigeria are too stupid to fight for what is right so why bother?

purplish:


2 in every 3 out of school Nigerian children are GIRLS, because when poverty grinds, families find it "better" to hold girls back and let boys go to school. The drop out rate of adolescent girls from secondary school due to poverty, child marriage, forced pregnancies, lack of menstrual hygiene facilities etc. is 5 TIMES that of boys.

The bill, which has continued to stoke widespread emotions amongst women, was introduced by Senator Biodun Olujimi and it aimed to achieve, among other purposes, equal access to education, strengthening of the laws on violence against Women, ending abduction of girls, sustenance and promotion of entrepreneurship opportunities, gender mainstreaming and gender equality, as well as female participation in governance.

theEYe21:
No matter what happens in society. Life is always more favourable to women than men, that's why nature is called MOTHERnature not FATHERnature. Life is a Biaatch

adexsimply:
I've never seen or heard of a sillier excuse all my life. Statements like this should only be expected from a group of people with below-average intelligence.

Chanchit:
I'm even hoping they pass that bill, all I have to do is remind any girl/lady that wants to bill me that we are equal before the law.

Gender equality is a mind set, some ladies believe they are equal to a man while many believe they would never be equal, if you like pass the bill 10x.

amokeme:
can someone please explain what the bold means to me Cause I don't seem to get it.

If everything mentioned there are what the bill is to achieve, then I think the "Gender equality" title they are giving it is wrong. It should be, Equal rights and elimination of violence against the female gender" which is totally different from Gender equality. People tend to mix the two which is why this battle is a lost one already.

kraftykc:


That God you quote so well is watching you in IMAX 3D. Which bill did you read and where did you read it? Give us concrete details contained inside and shame the devil or remain exposed as a liar.

This is a fight to bring Nigeria into the light, but people like you seem to love the darkness we are in where girls as young as 4 are habitually raped and abused, where we are yet to see females physicists in laboratories because men are having a field day with it.

Don't quote God, he isn't with you in this one.

adexsimply:
I've never seen or heard of a sillier excuse all my life. Statements like this should only be expected from a group of people with below-average intelligence.

kraftykc:


That God you quote so well is watching you in IMAX 3D. Which bill did you read and where did you read it? Give us concrete details contained inside and shame the devil or remain exposed as a liar.

This is a fight to bring Nigeria into the light, but people like you seem to love the darkness we are in where girls as young as 4 are habitually raped and abused, where we are yet to see females physicists in laboratories because men are having a field day with it.

Don't quote God, he isn't with you in this one.

bukatyne:


I very much agree with you.

The Senators are jokers except they are subtly telling us that men are prostitutes and homosexuals.

Onegai:


That is why I encourage women "don't support your husband financially if he is not supporting you domestically". When it is time to share bills or run away and abandon their children, women are equal to the task. When it is time to give women a chance to make decisions, women are inferior. Almost half of them on this thread were brought up by their mothers, women who could not get fulltime work due to the fact that she had small kids and no helper, women who could not get any support from any organisation and had to send them to do houseboy with someone else. They will be screaming at every rape case reported on NL frontpage and ignore the fact that almost none of those cases will even go to trial, talk-less of convict the attacker (who will then locate their sister to rape). Yet they are making noise loudly.

You seem like a smart girl. Please marry the most un-Nigerian man you can find. Or better yet, marry a foreigner. So that when you are talking Science to him, his ego won't be smarting that he doesn't know half of what you know and he won't start looking for ways to deal with you because of that.

purplish:


2 in every 3 out of school Nigerian children are GIRLS, because when poverty grinds, families find it "better" to hold girls back and let boys go to school. The drop out rate of adolescent girls from secondary school due to poverty, child marriage, forced pregnancies, lack of menstrual hygiene facilities etc. is 5 TIMES that of boys.

Do you know that in IT/STEM (Science Engineering and Maths) industries, women are discriminated against and passed up for promotion opportunities year after year due to gender-related bias? Have you reviewed the statistics from the World Economic Forum about Africa losing billions of dollars every year due to gender gap in the work place, especially since most women earn far less than their equally competent male colleagues? Have you bothered to take time out to listen to woes of women in the work place, where their professional skills will never be enough for their bosses and they face silent and agonizing pain, proving themselves in bed or opting to lose their jobs?

Knowledge is power. Let us always strive to attain balanced and fair perspectives.

BuddhaPalm:


Once it doesn't contain the part where women get to take half of your shít after a divorce, I'm all for it.

Onegai:


That is why I encourage women "don't support your husband financially if he is not supporting you domestically". When it is time to share bills or run away and abandon their children, women are equal to the task. When it is time to give women a chance to make decisions, women are inferior. Almost half of them on this thread were brought up by their mothers, women who could not get fulltime work due to the fact that she had small kids and no helper, women who could not get any support from any organisation and had to send them to do houseboy with someone else. They will be screaming at every rape case reported on NL frontpage and ignore the fact that almost none of those cases will even go to trial, talk-less of convict the attacker (who will then locate their sister to rape). Yet they are making noise loudly.

You seem like a smart girl. Please marry the most un-Nigerian man you can find. Or better yet, marry a foreigner. So that when you are talking Science to him, his ego won't be smarting that he doesn't know half of what you know and he won't start looking for ways to deal with you because of that.