By Henry Ibya, Makurdi
Chairperson, International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Nigeria Benue State chapter, Mrs, Prisca Ula, has argued that violation of one’s right is a constitutional breach of fundamental human rights which must not be denied on account of the person’s action or type of business.
Speaking when she received a delegation from Concerned Women International Development Initiative, CWIDI, who were in FIDA’s Makurdi office on an advocacy visit, Ula commended the delegation for the visit.
She said FIDA as a group of women lawyers who fight for the rights of women and children, particularly vulnerable women and children in the society is willing to collaborate with other organisations including CWIDI to pursue justice for the vulnerable population.
Ula said FIDA believes in fighting for the rights of women and children especially injustices melted against the most vulnerable category such as cases of gender-based violence and to see a society where all are free to express themselves as well as do what other gender are doing, stressing that as a body of lawyers who fight for the justice of women and children within the legal framework, they are ready to collaborate with CWIDI on issues that services of lawyers are needed and assured that as they come with demands within its limit, they would surely be attended to.
While reacting to whether the organization’s advocacy covers female sex workers, she noted that though FIDA was not in support of female sex working business, its concern was in the aspect where their fundamental human rights are violated by their clients in the cause of transaction, assuring that these group of women too has rights and FIDA will not hesitate to enforce their justice if their human rights are violated, encouraging CWIDI not to only stop at fighting injustices melted against them but also design programmes that would lead them out of the business to become meaningful citizens to themselves and the society.
In a remark, programme officer, Concerned Women International Development Initiative, CWIDI, Benue State, Becky Gbihi said they were in FIDA’s office to seek collaboration on issues of gender-based violence against women, particularly widows and female sex workers in the state.
