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Legal Framework for Capital Market in Nigeria

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 Distinction between Capital Market and Stock Market: There is sometimes seeming conflict in understanding whether the capital market is the stock market and vice versa, this work attempts to highlight the major distinctions and similarities while also covering the legal and regulatory framework for the Capital Market in Nigeria. Capital Market : A broader financial market that enables the buying and selling of long-term debt and equity securities, such as stocks, bonds, and debentures. It facilitates the mobilization of long-term funds for investment in businesses, projects, and governments. Stock Market (Equity Market) : A subset of the capital market, focused specifically on the buying and selling of company stocks (equities). Simply Put, The capital market is where companies go to raise financial capital (money) in general. The stock market is exclusively where investors trade stocks (shares of ownership in publicly traded corporations). Companies can raise money on the capital...

Gender Based Violence and implications

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  What is Gender Based Violence Gender-based violence is a general term used to capture any type of violence that is rooted in exploiting unequal power relationships between genders. This can include gender norms and role expectations specific to a society as well as situational power imbalances and inequities. Gender-based violence can impact anyone, and can include intimate partner and family violence, elder abuse, sexual violence, stalking and human trafficking. Elder abuse is any action that causes harm or distress to an older person. Elder abuse occurs within the context of trusting familial or care-taking relationships, and can include neglect as well as threats or the actual use of physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, psychological, or financial abuse. "Elder" or "older adult" typically refers to individuals aged 60+. Sexual violence is any action that results in the loss or removal of sexual autonomy for a person. Sexual violence includes sexual harassment, ...