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Libert@s online: Issue 8
November 2002

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Nigeria: Ayesha Imam to Visit Canada in December

Ayesha Imam, founding executive director of BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights of Nigeria

Ayesha Imam, founding executive director of BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights of Nigeria, will travel to Montreal on December 9 to accept the John Humphrey Freedom Award at a ceremony to be held at the Salle du Gesu on Bleury Street in Montreal from 5 to 7 p.m. The Nigerian Community of Montreal and the Montreal Intercultural Choir will also participate in honouring Ms. Imam and BAOBAB for their work in the promotion of women's rights, and particularly for their work against the discriminatory application of the new Sharia laws in some of the states in northern Nigera.

On December 10 at Rights & Democracy, Ms. Imam will lead a panel of experts in a discussion on the promotion and protection of women's rights under muslim, customary and secular laws and the importance of international solidarity and support in cases such as Amina Lawal and Zara Yacoub. Ms. Imam will also travel to Toronto from December 2 to 4 and to Ottawa on December 11 as part of her visit to Canada, where she will meet with government officials, human rights groups, students and the media.

More information here.
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