Section 2: Objectives of the National Commission

The objectives of the National Commission shall be to-(a) promote the welfare of women in general;
(b)
carry out the aims and objectives which include the following-
(i) stimulating and motivating rural women towards achieving better living standards and sensitising the rest of the Nigerian populace to the problems of women;
(ii) educating rural women on simple hygiene, family planning, the importance of child-care and increased literacy rates;
(iii) mobilising women collectively in order to improve their general lot and ability to seek and achieve leadership roles in all spheres of society;
(iv) raising consciousness about the rights of women, the availability of opportunities and facilities, their social, political, and economic responsibilities;
(v) encouraging recreation and enriched family life; and
(vi) inculcating the spirit of self-development, particularly in the fields of education, business, the arts, crafts and agriculture;
(c) promote the welfare of the child and initiate actions for the development of the child within the meaning of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child and the National Policy on the Rights of the Child;
(d) promote the full utilisation of women in the development of human resources and bring about their acceptance as full participants in every phase of national development, with equal rights and corresponding obligations;
(e) promote responsible motherhood and the maternal health of women;
(f) stimulate actions to improve women's civic, political, cultural, social and economic education;
(g)
support the work of non-governmental organisations and play a co-ordinating role between Government and Nigerian women organisations;
(h) encourage the sense and essence of co-operative societies and activities amongst women both in the urban and rural areas and stimulate in them creative entrepreneurship in the field of cottage industries and small-scale industries;
(i) formulate and propagate moral values within the family unit and in the public generally and establish programmes with institutions and organisations to inculcate more education in women and children; and
(j) work towards total elimination of all social and cultural practices tending to discriminate against and de-humanise womanhood.