By Godwin Otang Gender and Development Action (GADA) and the International Federation of Female Lawyers (FIDA) in a bid to straighten the rules guiding the Nigerian Universities environment have sought stringent measures from the Nigerian University Commission (NUC). The duo made the prayers in a suit against NUC, the University of Calabar (UNICAL); the Vice
By Godwin Otang Former member of the House of Representatives for Calabar Municipality and Odukpani Federal Constituency Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo says preventing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases is easier and cheaper than mitigation in Cross River State. The former Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti who is a Board of Trustee of Gender and Development Action
By Godwin Otang As the struggle for 35 percent affirmative action for women continues, the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) and the Gender and Development Action (GADA) are rallying women leaders from the 19 political parties in the State, to raise public awareness of the importance of women’s participation in decision-making. In a joint IPAC-GADA meeting
By Godwin Otang Stakeholders and rights advocates have been trained on methods to apply to curb Gender Based Violence (GVB) in four Cross River Local Government Areas of Akpabuyo, Calabar South, Calabar Municipal, and Bakassi. At a one-day training held on Friday 15 March 2024 a nongovernmental organization – Gender and Development Action (GADA) whose
By Godwin Otang Gender and Development Action (GADA), in collaboration with the Federation International of Female Lawyers (FIDA), has dragged the National University Commission (NUC), University of Calabar (UNICAL); the Vice Chancellor, Professor Florence Obi, and the suspended Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Cyril Ndifon to the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar.
By Mary Bassey And Able Winnard The Member representing Yakurr 1 State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly, Hon. Cyril James Omini, has disbursed N15 million to 150 women in his constituency to bolster their small-scale businesses. Addressing his constituents at the ceremony held at the Council guest house in Ugep, Yakurr
By Godwin Otang A gender-passionate non-profit-making organization – Gender and Development Action (GADA) has commenced a program meant to ensure behavior change in families, marriages, communities, and relationships in Cross River, as well as the South-South geopolitical zone. The initiative aims to work against Gender-Based Violence by reviving values, culture, and cultural institutions (like that
By Godwin Otang A nonprofit making organization Gender And Development Action (GADA), has lessened female political apathy by 29.6 percent between last general elections to date. This was made known to CrossRiverWatch in a recent report by the organization, via the Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria Project Coordinator, Mrs Francisca Effiom in Calabar. The report