REJOINDER TO PETITION LEVELLED AGAINST AMANDA DEMECHI-ASAGBA
28th June, 2024 Dear Sir/Ma, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN REJOINDER TO PETITION LEVELLED AGAINST AMANDA DEMECHI-ASAGBA Our attention has recently been drawn to a petition purportedly signed by Efe Etomi ( Immediate past African Women Lawyers Association (Awla) Nigeria Country Representative/ President and her cronies addressed to the NBA General […]
Thanksgiving Service of EDNA LESLIE KUMA
L- R Hon. Betty Mould- Iddrisu: Founder, Immediate Past President of AWLA and Parliamentarian, Yvonne Nkrumah; Member AWLA Ghana and Chief Executive Of Food and Drug Agency, Mandy Demechi-Asagba: President AWLA, Effiba Amihere: Country Representative AWLA Ghana and Abiodun Kolawole: Alt Head Litigation AWLA all at the Thanksgiving Service of EDNA LESLIE KUMA: the Vice […]
Every 11 Minutes, a woman is killed. #NoExcuse. UNiTE to End Violence against Women
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women will mark the launch of the UNiTE campaign (Nov 25- Dec 10) — an initiative of 16 days of activism concluding on the day that commemorates the International Human Rights Day (10 December). We at AWLA call on citizens and governments at the local, National […]
AWLA continues to Press for Progress as she celebrates 2018 International Women’s Day on March 8
African Women Lawyers’ Association (AWLA) has resolved to join other women around the world to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) this 8th day of March 2018.
Ambode’s Wife Tasks Women Lawyers On Gender Equality, Child Rights
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has urged lawyers to evolve new ways of making more progress on gender equality, women development and child welfare, saying that no society can achieve rapid development when children and women are relegated to the background. Speaking at the African Women Lawyers Association’s parley, held at Victoria […]
THERE IS HOPE FOR THE NIGERIAN CHILD – Ambodes
There is hope for the Nigerian child, was the submission of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and his wife Bolanle, when they both spoke at the celebration of the 2017 International Day of the African Child, organized by the African Women Lawyers’ Association, in Alausa, Ikeja, during the weekend. The governor, who was […]
Reflections on the International Day of the Girl- Child in Nigeria* By: Mandy Asagba & Oluwatomi Ajayi
It is common knowledge that girls’ progress equals family progress which in turn reflects on the progress of the nation. No wonder, the common saying that when a girl is educated, the society stands to benefit or that ‘getting at the girls has a far more powerful multiplying effect.’ Every year, specifically October 11 is […]