{"id":175255,"date":"2025-08-20T13:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:43:10","slug":"gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments","title":{"rendered":"Gaza genocide targeting women, children \u2013 FOMWAN laments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federation of Muslim Women\u2019s Associations in Nigeria, FOMWAN, has strongly condemned the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, labelling it a \u201cgenocide\u201d and calling for global solidarity to end the bloodshed.<\/p>\n<p>The condemnation was issued on Wednesday, in Kaduna by the organization\u2019s National Amirah, Mrs Rafiah Idowu Sanni, during a press conference to usher in its 40th-anniversary celebrations and an international conference.<\/p>\n<p>She said, \u201cwe stand firmly with the oppressed people of Palestine and frown at the indiscriminate killings of women, children, and journalists, acts that violate every standard of humanity and international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The group prayed to Allah to grant relief to the people of Gaza, patience to the bereaved, healing to the wounded, and liberation to the oppressed.<\/p>\n<p>The group outlined its activities with the theme: \u201cEmpowering Muslim Women: Climate Resilience, Sustainability, and Community Development \u2013 Celebrating FOMWAN\u2019s Achievements, noting its commitment to equipping women to meet future challenges by combining Islamic values with practical solutions to safeguard the environment and ensure inclusive development.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federation of Muslim Women\u2019s Associations in Nigeria, FOMWAN, has strongly condemned the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, labelling it a \u201cgenocide\u201d and calling for global solidarity to end the bloodshed. The condemnation was issued on Wednesday, in Kaduna by the organization\u2019s National Amirah, Mrs Rafiah Idowu Sanni, during a press conference [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[5579,8238,254],"class_list":["post-175255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-fomwan","tag-gaza","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gaza genocide targeting women, children \u2013 FOMWAN laments - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federation of Muslim Women\u2019s Associations in Nigeria, FOMWAN, has strongly condemned the ongoing humanitarian crisis ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gaza genocide targeting women, children \u2013 FOMWAN laments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federation of Muslim Women\u2019s Associations in Nigeria, FOMWAN, has strongly condemned the ongoing humanitarian crisis ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-20T12:44:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-20T13:43:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755684957.445021.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Gaza genocide targeting women, children \u2013 FOMWAN laments\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-20T12:44:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-20T13:43:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755684957.445021.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"FOMWAN\",\"Gaza\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gaza-genocide-targeting-women-children-fomwan-laments\",\"name\":\"Gaza genocide targeting women, children \u2013 FOMWAN laments - 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