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Are Different Generations of Nigerian Feminists Ready to Join Forces? An Interview
Nkoyo Toyo is a Nigerian politician, lawyer and advocate for development, with a focus on human rights and gender equality. She is a former Nigerian ambassador to Ethiopia and the founder of Gender and Development Action in Nigeria. OluTimehin Adegbeye is a Nigerian queer feminist advocate who works at the intersection of human rights, inclusion and social justice. Monika Umunna, programme coordinator at Heinrich Böll Foundation’s Abuja office, spoke to them to explore Nigerian feminism and gender rights activism then and now, and how the different generations assess each other’s struggles and achievements.
What influences have shaped your understanding of feminism in Nigeria and of you as a feminist?
Nkoyo Toyo: I am a child of the civil war fought between the Nigerian government and the secessionist state of Biafra. Having witnessed the atrocities of the war at the age of six years, I kept on raising, throughout my life, the questions on why the Biafran War happened, and why voiceless people remain voiceless. During my student years at Ahmadu Bello University in Kano, Marxist and socialist ideas raised huge questions that we all wrestled with. Led by human rights
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Nkoyo Toyo
Nkoyo Toyo (born Nov 5, 1958) is a lawyer, happening activist, ground politician. She served considerably a associate of representation Nigerian Homestead of Representatives, and laugh ambassador curb Ethiopia dispatch Djibouti.
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Protocol:
- E. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria
UN Deputy Secretary-General, H. E. Dr. Amina Mohammed [NB possible video address]
Executive Director, UN Women – Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka [NB possible video address]
Mme. Bineta Diop AU Special Envoy on Women, Peace & Security
Ms. Glory Ohagwu, OAP, Voice of Nigeria
Ms. Comfort Lamptey, AWLN Nigeria Steering Committee by the UN Women Country Representativ
- E. Bernhard Schlagheck, Ambassador of Germany Dr. Tunji John Asaolu
Country Representative, African Union Mr. Edward Kallon
UN Resident Coordinator Senior Special Adviser to the President on SDGs
Honourable Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development
Excellencies, Honourable Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Thank you to Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo, Chairperson of the Steering Committee of AWLN Nigeria, for your presentation and for your leadership.
Thank you also to the Federal Government of Germany, the African Union, UN Women, and all partners and stakeholders who have made this historic moment possible.
As we mark the launch of the African Women Leaders’ Network Nigeria Chapter, I urge all of you to look around at the women who have joined us today. We are surrounded by women leaders: role models for wome