Nigeria, March 9 -- The 8th of March is International Women's Day, but last week announced a sad one for Nigerian women at home and abroad. The international media were filled with reports painting Nigeria as a nation that embraces sexual impunity, and reinforces patriarchal, misogynistic values. This news concerns Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of only four female senators in Nigeria's 109-member Senate. She has been suspended for six months - barred from performing her legislative duties - for daring to publicly name her sexual harasser within the National Assembly. She had publicly claimed that the Senate president, Godswill Akpabio, sexually harassed her.

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