A group, Obele Women Empowerment Foundation (OWEF) has been launched in Awka, the Anambra State capital.
The group during a well attended launch said it will make a case for gender equality, and also champion the inheritance of property by girl children in Igboland, among other issues that discriminate against the women folk.
The founder of the group, Mrs Amara Oyeka stated this on Tuesday, during the official launch of the foundation in Awka, Anambra State capital.
Mrs Oyeka who is also a Senior Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Internally Generated Revenue said the group will beyond fighting against traditional practices affecting women, will also champion gender equality and also provide 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 same as having a girl child. We want a place where a girl child who is oldest can get the same opportunity to be in the meeting of the family like 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 the woman will also get inheritance from their parents in Igboland. The life of a woman is beyond just getting a BSc, getting married and leaving to go and bare children for men.”
Co-founder of the foundation, Dr Greg Ezeilo who is also the chairman of Anambra Internal Revenue Services (AiRS) said the group would sensitize women well enough to know their right and be able to stand on their feet.
The launch of the foundation was chaired by Chief of Staff to the governor of Anambra State, Mr Ernest Ezeajughi, and attended by several dignitaries, mostly women in public offices in Anambra State.
Ezeajughi said even though there are several foundations in existence, what makes Obele Women Empowerment Foundation (OWEF) is because it is more about women, who are considered to be vulnerable members of the society.
