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National Commission for Women Decree 1992. No. 42.

Main Region

First Region

Nigeria
Equality of opportunity and treatment
1992-08-21
National
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Second Region

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