There is often more than one way of doing things. Where there is a workplace sexual harassment, a victim can seek remedy in court (whether under civil law and or criminal law) or use non-court alternatives. However, it is important to emphasis that sexual harassment is a criminal offence and cannot be settled, it rather […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Women’s rights,
Sexual harassment cases are unique often because of the challenges in managing the victims of sexual harassment, societal stigma, and the high chances of retaliation. Seeking for justice in sexual harassment cases is a serious work and it will be helpful to prepare the victim’s mind.
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Women’s rights,
A case or event can have both criminal law and civil law elements in it. For example, assault (physical application of force or threat of same) is both a civil law and a criminal law matter. Also, sexual harassment is both a civil law and a criminal law matter. While an individual may approach a […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Most areas of law and issues of life can be divided into civil law or criminal law. Private and personal relationship and affairs of people and institutions in Nigeria can be generalized as civil law matters/affairs/issues. Civil law matters offer civil law remedies and do not need the assistance of government, rather private individuals can […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Women’s rights,
Nigeria has several laws and sexual harassment is not without a legal framework, even as there are several agitations for a more robust legal framework and punishment for sexual harassment. The greatest of all laws in Nigeria is the Constitution of Nigeria. After the constitution comes other federal laws and then the laws made by […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Workplace sexual harassment targeted women often do not come with gun blazing, rather they often happen secretly, leaving the women-victims to suffer in silence. It is possible many women-victims are not able to pin-point early stages of workplace sexual harassment. It is also common to find women who believe they have no legal rights in […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Women’s rights,
Sexual harassment generally is a pervading problem and workplace sexual harassment is prominent aspect of sexual harassment. According to a report in 2016 by the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunities Commission) Select Task Force on the study of harassment in the workplace, 60% of women said they’ve experienced workplace sexual harassment. This is not to say […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Women’s rights,
The process of enforcing marriage rights in Nigeria may be tedious and rigorous for wives. Access to funds may pose serious difficulty in the enforcement of rights. There are however ways to get institutional and financial support to enforce marriage rights. Support can be gotten from governmental and non-governmental agencies whose mandate includes the promotion […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Women’s rights,
Where for whatever reason, parties in a marriage terminate their marriage, what becomes of the children and property of such marriage? Even where there is no termination, there are circumstances, where a wife may need the sole or shared custody of the children of her marriage, same applies to property too. A married woman has equal […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Women’s rights,
If for some reasons, a wife no longer wants to continue to be in a marriage with her husband, the law guarantees her right to leave or exit the marriage. There is no type or form of marriage that forces a wife to continue with a marriage against her wish. Every woman in Nigeria has […]
Content type: Legal Areas
Legal Topic: Women’s rights,