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Newfy
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Janyanfara
Tanzania
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 Posted - 09 Aug 2006 : 01:11:36
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| Truely Hauwa deserves an award,She is a sample for african women born into muslim families and traditional roots. |
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Newfy
Western Samoa
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Posted - 09 Aug 2006 : 01:17:54
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| The good news.. she did get quite a prestigious award last week from Yale for her human rights work. I know there are many malika behind Hauwa for her work. |
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jambo
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Posted - 09 Aug 2006 : 18:25:08
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Just read this, powerful stuff but " In the North you have (few) women that are educated. Even when they are educated, most of them are married, are not working. They are just (content to be) housewives" when they get educated you will see many changes. I think some of these laws are against women, if someone has committed adultery, why is that only one person is punished, surely you both should be punished if they deserve it.
If she was not married where is the adultery. |
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Aug 2006 : 09:34:02
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Affirmative action for African woman is diffinately forward in the right direction especially when we consider the amount of resources women to GNP of any country.
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jambo
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Posted - 14 Aug 2006 : 13:38:25
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| but how do you become affirmative, if the religious law is against you. for some women this law is above country law. |
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Aug 2006 : 16:04:43
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Jambo I think that is important for more women to become educated. It was thanks to Hauwa's mother that she was initially able to continue her education and allowed her to trade. And obviously with the case of Amina getting national and international publicity Hauwa position has been illuminated as an defence lawyer of Sharia Law. Therefore with an increase of more literate girls and women in Northern Nigeria they too will be more of an asset to both their state and country. Hauwa has demonstrated that becoming an educated woman who was brought up under Sharia law doesn't automatically mean that one has to abandon their religion once they are educated and become more western. I think her example will be a trailblazer for more more women to follow. Especially considering the cost of marriage can be very expensive for men to marry it might also be of benefit. If a man is to invest in a dowry it is better for him to have an educated wife who will also educate his children. Opening up more women to literacy will give them the opportunity read and to interprete Sharia for themselves so that less women can be denied their rights under Sharia Law.
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jambo
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Posted - 14 Aug 2006 : 17:57:55
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| sister omega, i agree but I wonder how this will be achieved, "Therefore with an increase of more literate girls and women in Northern Nigeria they too will be more of an asset to both their state and country". any suggestions |
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Newfy
Western Samoa
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Posted - 14 Aug 2006 : 22:32:29
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I know this is alittle off subject of the discussion between Sister Omega and Jambo, but heres the press release on Hauwa Ibrahim winning a human rights award. My hope is that she is able to sustain her vision and train others.. truly it is inspiring to see a woman like her work in the service of other women and family.
Yale World Fellow Hauwa Ibrahim Wins Top Human Rights Award
Hauwa Ibrahim
New Haven, Conn. — Hauwa Ibrahim, a Nigerian human rights lawyer who is currently at Yale as a World Fellow, was among three joint winners of the European Parliament’s top human rights award.
The Parliament announced the winners of the 2005 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in Strasbourg on Wednesday.
One of the top defenders of women’s rights in Nigeria, Ibrahim has successfully challenged numerous charges and convictions under strict Islamic Sharia law in her country. A firm proponent of the rule of law, she has argued that Sharia law requires the courts to respect the procedural and substantive rights guaranteed by the Nigerian constitution. Ibrahim’s professional accomplishments also include election as the first female National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association in 2000 and authorship of the first draft of the constitution for the Pan African Lawyers Union in 2002. Ibrahim, 38, has served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Program, the European Union and the NGO Lawyers without Borders.
“Ibrahim has been defending women who face being stoned to death for adultery and young people who face amputation for theft under Islamic sharia law,” the Parliament said in a statement.
“We are honored that 2005 Yale World Fellow Hauwa Ibrahim’s work to promote women’s rights in Nigeria has been recognized on the global scale with the award of the Sakharov Prize,” said Daniel C. Esty, director of the Yale World Fellows Program.
Ibrahim shared the prize with the Cuban protest group "Damas de Blanco" (Women in White) and Reporters Without Borders, an organization that campaigns worldwide for freedom of the press.
The Sakharov Prize recognizes achievement in the field of human rights, protecting minorities, defense of international cooperation or the development of democracy and the rule of law.
The prize, named after a former Soviet dissident, is awarded annually to the person or group that the assembly considers has contributed significantly to human rights. Czech reformer Alexander Dubcek, South African civil rights leader Nelson Mandela and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan are among previous recipients of the prize, which was first awarded in 1988.
The three winners, who will share the 50,000-euro prize money, were chosen by the presidents of all the political groups in the European Parliament.
The Yale World Fellows Program brings 16 to 18 highly accomplished men and women from a diversity of backgrounds and nations to the University each year. The purpose of the program is to building a global network of emerging leaders and to broaden international understanding at Yale. World Fellows spend a rigorous semester exploring critical issues through a program that offers individualized academic enrichment and leadership training with the full resources of Yale at their disposal.
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Sister Omega
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Aug 2006 : 23:01:55
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Newfy thanks for sending in more info by all means it is in no way an interruption but a wealthy contribution to this discussion. Because it enables to see more of Hauwa Ibrahims achievements. She is a sister who is truly a role model for those girls and women of her region and many others who are struggling to find their voice. Jambo you wanted to know how the ball can start rolling so that an increase in literacy can take hold in Nigeria? It seems that Hauwa has thought out a strategy through the advocacy of women's right she after all is a North Nigeria role model,and thoroughly deserves to recognised for her accomplishments.
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Newfy
Western Samoa
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Posted - 14 Aug 2006 : 23:24:22
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| Sister Omega, your post gives me chicken skin -- goose bumps. I want to see the improvement of society for the good of the people. I am always moved by people who are champions. Truly women have the ability to inspire us to move forward positively into the next century. |
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