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Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria

Women organisations have been struggling for women’s rights but despite constitutional guarantee of political participation for groups, they are faced with many challenges that inspire the adoption of practical measures. This brings one to the question as to whether WROs have the capacity to success...

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Main Authors: Hammawa, Maimuna Gambo, Wan Mohd Nor, Murni, Adnan, Zatul Himmah, Ismail, Mohd. Mahadee
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Language:English
Published: International Organization of Scientific Research 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82765/1/Are%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Rights%20Organisations%20.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.827652021-12-03T02:37:41Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82765/ Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria Hammawa, Maimuna Gambo Wan Mohd Nor, Murni Adnan, Zatul Himmah Ismail, Mohd. Mahadee Women organisations have been struggling for women’s rights but despite constitutional guarantee of political participation for groups, they are faced with many challenges that inspire the adoption of practical measures. This brings one to the question as to whether WROs have the capacity to successfully influence decision makers to bring about social change. This article examines the efforts of Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) in over coming challenges in the legislative advocacy that led to promulgation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act. Data were collected by way of document review and in depth interviews conducted with 10 WROs members. Findings indicate that WROs innovatively sought support from development partners to overcome financial constraints and incorporated National Assembly Administrators and key male legislators to deter further delay in the law reform. In conclusion, WROs represent key societal forces that challenged personalized rule and organisational in adequacies to instil change in the society. International Organization of Scientific Research 2018-07-31 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82765/1/Are%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Rights%20Organisations%20.pdf Hammawa, Maimuna Gambo and Wan Mohd Nor, Murni and Adnan, Zatul Himmah and Ismail, Mohd. Mahadee (2018) Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria. IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science, 23 (7 ver. 10). pp. 56-61. ISSN 2279-0845; ESSN: 2279-0837 https://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/pages/23(7)Version-10.html 10.9790/0837-2307105661
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description Women organisations have been struggling for women’s rights but despite constitutional guarantee of political participation for groups, they are faced with many challenges that inspire the adoption of practical measures. This brings one to the question as to whether WROs have the capacity to successfully influence decision makers to bring about social change. This article examines the efforts of Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) in over coming challenges in the legislative advocacy that led to promulgation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act. Data were collected by way of document review and in depth interviews conducted with 10 WROs members. Findings indicate that WROs innovatively sought support from development partners to overcome financial constraints and incorporated National Assembly Administrators and key male legislators to deter further delay in the law reform. In conclusion, WROs represent key societal forces that challenged personalized rule and organisational in adequacies to instil change in the society.
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author Hammawa, Maimuna Gambo
Wan Mohd Nor, Murni
Adnan, Zatul Himmah
Ismail, Mohd. Mahadee
spellingShingle Hammawa, Maimuna Gambo
Wan Mohd Nor, Murni
Adnan, Zatul Himmah
Ismail, Mohd. Mahadee
Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria
author_facet Hammawa, Maimuna Gambo
Wan Mohd Nor, Murni
Adnan, Zatul Himmah
Ismail, Mohd. Mahadee
author_sort Hammawa, Maimuna Gambo
title Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria
title_short Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria
title_full Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria
title_fullStr Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Are Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) effective agents of social change? the efforts of WROs in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the Violence Against Person Prohibition (VAPP) Act in Nigeria
title_sort are women’s rights organisations (wros) effective agents of social change? the efforts of wros in overcoming challenges in legislative advocacy of the violence against person prohibition (vapp) act in nigeria
publisher International Organization of Scientific Research
publishDate 2018
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/82765/1/Are%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Rights%20Organisations%20.pdf
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