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Nigerian Court orders enforcement of gender quota
Nigeria's National Gender Policy says 35% of public offices should be reserved for women
An advisor to the Prime Minister of Somalia told us why the African Union envoy was told to leave the country; A Nigerian federal Court ordered enforcement of the gender quota in the country; We hear from a deaf Ghanaian couple who defied the decree to love and live together; A Kenya's court rules for the first time that children under ten years old can also be given in custody to their father.
(Photo: The federal high court of Nigeria rules that the country's National Gender Policy should be implemented. Credit: Nigerian Women Trust Fund)
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