The Women’s Wing of Nigerian
Labour Congress, NLC,
yesterday, said that it was
mobilising to fight s*xual
harassment against women,
child labour and under-age
marriage.
Speaking to newsmen in Lagos,
Ms Olubunmi Abikoye, the
Chairperson of Lagos wing of
the NLC, told newsmen: “We
are working on a programme to
move against women’s s*xual
harassment and child labour,
including under-age marriage,
before the year runs out.
“We are mobilising support to
show that we are not in
support of all the s*xual
harassment that is going on at
an alarming rate, both in the
public and private sectors. We
also frown at child marriage
and say no to it.”
According to Abikoye, the union
was partnering with some non-
governmental organisations
and women’s groups in various
organisations, market women
and the grassroots, to carry
women from all cadres along.
She also called on the Federal
and state governments to revert
maternity leave for women to
84 working days, instead of the
current 84 days that included
weekends.
She said: “The 84 days with
weekends are not enough for a
woman, who has carried a
pregnancy for nine months, to
take care of herself and her
baby after birth.
“Government should, therefore,
revert to the 84 working days
maternity leave.”
Abikoye also advised women in
the private sector to watch out
for clauses that peg maternity
leave at one month and reject
them, while signing
employment contracts.
She said that the wing was
working with various women’s
groups to identify other areas
where women’s rights were
being violated and to tackle
them.
She expressed concern about
the violation of women’s rights
in the banking and insurance
sectors, adding that the union
had identified some local and
international firms that
employed children, and would
picket them.
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