o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Enugu State Prohibition of Infringement of a Widow’s and Widower’s Fundamental Rights Law No. 3 of 2001. Imo State Gender and Equal Opportunities Law No 7 of 2007. Imo State Widows (Protection) Law 2003. Lagos State Street Hawking (Prohibition) Law. Lagos State Protection Against Domestic Violence Law 2007. Lagos State Administration of Criminal Justice Law, 2011. Lagos State Protection of People Living with HIV and Affected by AIDS Law 2007. Lagos State Law to Provide Rules on Criminal Conduct, Regulate Public Order and for Connected Purposes, 2011. Lagos State Same Sex (Prohibition) Law 2007. National Human Rights Commission Amendment Act 2010. National HIV/AIDS anti-stigma law, 2014. Cross River State law to Prohibit Girl-Child Marriages and Female Genital Circumcision or Genital Mutilation in Cross River State, 2000. Rivers State Reproductive Health Service Law No. 3 of 2003. Rivers State Schools Rights (Parents, Children and Teachers) Law No.2, 2005. Rivers State Dehumanizing and Harmful Traditional Practices Law of 2003. Rivers State Abolition of Female Circumcision Law, No. 2 of 2001. Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Law Enforcement and Administration Act 2003, as amended in 2004. Universal Basic Education and other Related Matters Act (2004). Policy Measures  National Gender Policy, 2006/7: - The goal of the National Gender Policy is to “build a just society devoid of discrimination harness the full potentials of all social groups regardless of sex or circumstance, promote the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and protect the health, social, economic and political well being of all citizens in order to achieve equitable rapid economic growth; evolve an evidence based planning and governance system where human, social, financial and technological resources are efficiently and effectively deployed for sustainable development.” Some of the key principles upon which the policy is premised are: a) Commitment to gender mainstreaming as a development approach and tool for achieving the economic reform agenda, evidence based planning, value reorientation and social transformation. b) Recognition of gender issues as central to and critical to the achievement of national development goals and objectives and a requirement for all policies to be reviewed to reflect gender implications and strategies as contained in the gender policy and implementation modalities specified in the National Gender Strategic Framework; c) Realization that effective and results-focused policy implementation demands a cooperative interaction of all stakeholders. d) Promotion and protection of human rights, social justice and equity. 144

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