A group, Obele Women Empowerment Foundation has advocated for gender equality, insisting that the girl children also have the right to inherit property in Igboland.
The founder of the group, Amara Oyeka stated this during the official launch of the foundation in Awka, the Anambra State capital, over the weekend.
Oyeka, who is also a Senior Special Adviser to the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Internally Generated Revenue said beyond tackling barbaric traditional practices affecting women, it also champions gender equality and provides empowerment for women.
She said, “We want to fight traditional practices that affect women. We want a society where the joy of having a boy child during childbirth will be the same as having a girl child. We want a place where a girl-child who is the oldest can get the same opportunity to be in the meeting of the family as their male counterpart.
“With this launching today, in years to come, we will grow to be the voice of women; we will champion a world where women will also get an inheritance from their parents in Igboland. The life of a woman is beyond just getting a BSc, getting married and leaving to go and bear children for men.”
Also speaking, the co-founder of the foundation, Dr Greg Ezeilo, who is also the chairman of Anambra State Internal Revenue Services said the group would sensitise women well enough to know their rights and be able to stand on their feet.
