The Gender Mobile Initiative (GMI) has called on President Bola Tinubu, to sign the sexual harassment prohibition bill into law. The Lead Director, GMI, Ms Omowunmi Ogunrotimi stated this at a news conference in commemoration of the 16 days of…
Alleged Sexual Harassment: Barakat’s father withdraws case against Ogun commissioner
The biological father of Melojuekun Barakat, a 16-year-old Secondary School girl who accused Ogun State Environment Commissioner, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun of sexual harassment, Melojuekun Adesola Monsur has said that he was withdrawing the report instituted with the police against the suspended…
Kenyan women fight back against street harassment (BBC)
Young women and girls in Kibera, one of Africa’s largest informal settlements, are writing their street harassment experiences on roads and canvasses to highlight the damaging nature of sexual harassment. Zubeida Yusuf has lived in Kibera, in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi,…
The British #MeToo scandal which cannot be revealed (Telegraph)
A leading businessman has been granted an injunction against The Telegraph to prevent this newspaper revealing alleged sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff. The accusations against the businessman, who cannot be identified, would be sure to reignite the #MeToo movement…
* Lagos may tax churches, mosques (SUN) * LASG moves against sexual harassment in workplaces (Punch)
THISISLAGOS MIDDAY NEWS UPDATE AUGUST 1, 2018 Lagos may tax churches, mosques (SUN) The Lagos State Government has said there is a likelihood of religious institutions engaging in business transactions to pay taxes. Commissioner for Home Affairs, Abdulateef Abdulhakeem,…