Author(s): Ogheneochukome Orumana and Brown E Umukoro

Abstract: Nigerian women face manifold discriminatory practices in the workplace and in the society generally. Regarding the workplace, national laws, regional and international treaties abound to protect the labour rights of women in Nigeria. However, although Nigeria acceded to several international instruments, a number of them have not been domesticated. Vide the provision of section 254C (2) of the Nigerian Constitution (Third Alteration) 2010, labour treaties have been applied by the National Industrial Court of Nigeria for the determination of industrial disputes in Nigeria thereby aligning Nigerian labour laws with international best practices for the better protection of the labour rights of workers including working women in Nigeria. The focus of this article is to evaluate the extent; the express incorporation of international labour laws into Nigerian legal system has promoted the rights of women in employment in Nigeria. The study employs a doctrinal approach to examine the benefits and limitation of such express incorporation of international labour laws and the need to specifically domesticate some labour treaties in Nigeria.

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