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UN Women task media on promoting Nigeria’s women political participation, empowerment

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By Nsikak Ekpenyong The UN Women, on Wednesday tasked media practitioners and organisations to amplify Nigeria women’s voices on issues affecting them to promote their political participation and empowerment. They made the call at the 2024 UN Women Nigeria Media Forum on “Escalating

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UN Women task Media to be catalysts of gender equality

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By Nsikak Ekpenyong In a push for gender equality, United Nations, UN Women, has called on media organizations to take an active role in promoting gender equality and challenging the prevailing stereotypes that perpetuate gender inequality. The UN Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Beatrice Eyong, made the call while delivering her address at the […]

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UN Women, Kingibe, advocate grassroots actions to end SGBV on PWDs, others

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By Nsikak Ekpenyong In commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism on Sexual Violence against Women, the United Nations, UN Women, the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe and the Minister of Women Affairs, among other stakeholders, have called for increased grassroots actions to end Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) against Persons

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FG, UN Women distribute palliatives to women in FCT, 16 states

Ihesiulo Grace 21 June 2020 0

The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs in collaboration with UN Women has begun the distribution of palliatives to vulnerable women and girls in 16 states across the six geo-political zones and FCT. The launch which held in Ushafa Village, Bwari Area Council of the FCT, marked the beginning of the distribution of palliatives from a […]

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UN to support Nigerian female politicians in 2019 general election

Ihesiulo Grace 13 September 2017 0

The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) says it will support Nigerian female politicians vying for elective positions in the 2019 general elections. The UN Women Executive Director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that there was the need to increase women […]