Nigerian Women’s Rights Advocate Dies After Long Battle With Cancer

Mrs. Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi, a human rights activist and executive director of Women’s Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON), Mrs. Olabisi Olateru-Olagbegi has passed away on Wednesday, December 17.

According to her family, Mrs Olateru-Olagbegi died at the age of 63  following her long battle with cancer.

Olabisi Olateru-Olagbegi

She was a delegate at the 2015 national confab put together by administration of the former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja

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Womens Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) is a non-governmental, non-profit making organisation committed to the enforcement of womens rights and the attainment of equality development and peace.

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It was established in 1995 to fill the vacuum in the area of implementation and enforcement of womens rights following the awareness and enlightenment already created by the several NGOs.

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