Och’Idoma moves against child marriage, FGM, unequal inheritance rights, others

The Och’Idoma and Paramount Ruler of Idoma Kingdom, Agaba’Idu Elaigwu Odogbo John, has called for the betterment oregon outright discontinuation of 25 harmful sex and taste practices affecting women and girls.

Among the practices identified by the accepted ruler are kid marriage, pistillate genital mutilation, home violence, favoritism against daughters successful favour of sons and unequal inheritance rights.

He besides challenged the signifier of treating bride terms arsenic giving a antheral ownership implicit his wife, describing the request to alteration specified beliefs arsenic portion of efforts to beforehand equality and support women.

The Och’Idoma made the telephone during the Fathers4Equality Recognition Awards and Traditional Leaders Conference 2026 held successful Abuja.

The event, organised by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy and Development, Centre LSD, was held nether the theme, “Redefining Fatherhood for Equality and Justice.”

The league brought unneurotic fathers and accepted leaders to sermon liable parenting, affirmative masculinity, antheral allyship, sex equality and the prevent...