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Legal Empowerment for Persons with Disabilities: Sustainable Options for Marginalized/Vulnerable Communities in Nigeria

This paper reviews the current social, legal and regulatory framework for persons with disabilities in Nigeria as well as existing models of legal empowerment that can apply to such vulnerable groups. Proposes an approach for a sustainable and effective model of legal empowerment for persons with disabilities in Nigeria.

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Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Full citation: Chigbu, U.E.; Paradza, G.; Dachaga, W. Differentiations in Women’s Land Tenure Experiences: Implications for Women’s Land Access and Tenure Security in Sub-Saharan Africa. Land 2019, 8, 22.

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Gender Equality as an Accelerator for Achieving the SDGs

"The evidence collected in this discussion paper shows that gender equality is critical to achieving a wide range of objectives pertaining to sustainable development. These include promoting economic growth and labour productivity, reducing poverty, enhancing human capital through health and education, attaining food security, addressing climate change impacts and strengthening resilience to disasters, and ensuring more peaceful and inclusive communities. It therefore argues that accelerating gender equality in all spheres of society leads to a more rapid increase in progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda."

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