Mrs. Safie Sesay advised participants to seek the consent of their daughters before carrying it out. One participant complained that her husband attempts to isolate her from contact with friends and demands sex at odd times. Another participant appealed to market women to stop beating their daughters or wards for not selling all their wares at the close of each day. This is an invitation for the girls to look for the money else where. Paradoxically though, one of the participants was of the opinion that women ask for it when they are battered by their partners.
Women tend to nag too often and disregard the many problems their husbands encounter at work.
Again, a strong advice was given for women to desist from forcing their girl-children into early marriages because of a promise of money. This constitutes sexual exploitation of the children and in most cases these marriages are not successful. Mr. Tejan-Cole was assisted by his colleague lawyer Mr. Amadu Koroma. In his presentation, Mr. Tejan-Cole said that people talk about human rights without really understanding the concept. He said that human rights are universal, inalienable and inherent.