Y2N CELEBRATES NIGERIA’S 50th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY

1st October 2010

Press Release
Y2N CELEBRATES NIGERIA’S 50th INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY


The Youths 2gether Network is pleased to join the world in celebrating the 2010 Independence day of Nigeria. The Y2N marked this day with a gathering of some of our members and Board of Directors to share drinks and discuss on the way forward on how to achieve a Nigerian society free from discrimination of any sort.



The Y2N during the chat with its members stressed on the importance of the protection and respect of diversity regardless of age, gender, disability, tribe, race, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression and other status. The Y2N used the medium to call on government most especially the Nigerian government as it celebrates its 50th Anniversary to domesticate and ratify the various human rights treaties such as; International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Convention Against All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Convention on the Rights of the Child among others, to do so in order to ensure the full protection of the rights of their citizens.


Human Rights violations on any grounds is unethical and should be purged from our society, Unfair hearings on abuse, attack to individuals who society considers to be abnormal is injustice and should be dealt with, with all transparency so as to ensure a Nigerian society where it’s people are happy and work together for a peaceful coexistence.

The Youths 2gether Network is an organization that works to ensure that LGBTI and other marginalized community’s rights are recognized, respected and protected at all levels in Nigeria.