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NGA-1992-R-31969
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Title_of_text
National Commission for Women Decree 1992. No. 42.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Nigeria
Subjects (Classification)
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Adopted on (Date of text)
1992-08-21
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides for, inter alia, the establishment of a National Commission for Women. The purpose of the Commission is to promote the welfare of women in general; to carry out the aims and objectives of the Better Life Programme for Rural Women, which include stimulating and motivating rural women towards achieving better living standards and sensitising the rest of the Nigerian population to the problems of women; to promote the welfare of the child; to promote responsible motherhood and the maternal health of women; and to stimulate activities to improve women's civic, political, cultural, social and economic education.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1989-12-07
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Serial region
Serial title
Official Gazette
Date
1992-10-20
Volume
Vol. 79
Number
No. 40
Page range
pp. A359-A371