The Minister of Women Affairs and Social development, Senator Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has assured the inclusion of women in peace and conflict resolution to find lasting solution to issues of women being most affected in conflicts and violence. The United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) bill 1325 unanimously passed by the Security Council on the […]
With the increase of domestic violence against women and the girl child, stakeholders are calling on the lawmakers to amend the Marriage Act. writes Peter Fowoyo Section 18 of the Marriage Act 1955 under the heading: “Consent to marriage of minors” provides that: ‘If either party to an intended marriage, not being a widower or […]
Women are marginalized when it comes to politics and political appointments so I understand why women in Nigeria are asking the National Assembly to pass a law that will guarantee women get at least 35% of elective and political appointive positions. I am torn about this idea because our constitution explicitly guarantee both men and […]
In a bid to capture 30,000 rural market women and youths that will benefit from the initial N3 billion loan to develop MSME in the state as negotiated by the State Government with Bank of Industry, the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, on Monday, urged rural women to mobilise members from all markets in […]
The Awka auditorium of Dora Akuyili Women’s Development Centre came alive in the Anambra state capital on 18th October as over 3,000 children from primary schools across the state took the centre stage to commemorate the 2017 Global Hand Washing Day celebration. The pupils who were drawn from sixty 60 schools across the Local Government […]
By Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu The lot of the Nigerian women is not at all enviable. They are hardly taken into account when making far-reaching decisions of national proportion, yet they often bear the brunt of the consequences of our failings. The popular narrative in Nigeria today is that our federation is unbalanced and needs to […]
Edokpolor Osayande The Australian Government, working in collaboration with Conservative Environmental Growth and Development Centre (CEGDEC), a non-Government organisation in Nigeria have held a one-day workshop on building a local economic and social development initiative for women and youths in the mining sector. The event took place at the Olode Aquamarine community, Oluyole, Ibadan, the […]
Mathew Dadiya and Nafisat Abubakar, Abuja Former Minister of Science and Technology, Dame Pauline Tallen has assured Nigerian women to expect more women from President Muhammadu Buhari led government. Tallen, a former Deputy Governor of Plateau State gave the assurance on Friday in Abuja at the sideline of G20 Dialogue on empowering women to be […]
By Oyindamola Idris Cervical cancer is one of the commonest genital diseases in women that has claimed the lives of many regardless of their title or position. Although this condition is both preventable and curable (depending on early detection), record of survivors is still low. Also a predominant disease in most developing countries, cancer of […]
The Nigerian basketball women’s national team is in Mali defeating every opponent they’ve faced and chasing the ultimate prize; to be champions at the FIBA Women’s Afrobasketball 2017. The awesome talent and skills displayed, the team spirit, determination and ambition, you would think that these players represent a functional system and you would be wrong. […]
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State has said that the peace, prosperity and development of any society hinges, to a large extent, on its ability to invest in women and the girl-child.Receiving a delegation of 30 women, who recently returned from skills acquisition trip to Istanbul, Turkey, Governor Sani Bello described women as significant […]
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr. Nsima Ekere, has said that the commission would continue to boost empowerment programmes as a means of building the capacity of youths and engaging them in meaningful economic activities. Mr. Ekere who said this during the presentation of empowerment items to women and youths […]
Worried by the low participation of women in politics and its attendant consequences on the female gender in Nigeria, a gender advocate, Dr. Aisha Sani Lemu, has observed that women must take the issue of voter registration serious if they are ready to enforce the 35 percent affirmative action as well as participate actively in […]
On this day in 1915 in The Hague, Netherlands, the International Congress of Women adopted its resolutions on peace and women’s suffrage. The congress, also referred to as the Women’s Peace Conference, was the result of an invitation by a Dutch women’s suffrage organization to women’s rights activists around the world to gather in peaceful […]
Nigerian workers have been advised to educate and organise themselves, as well as give women greater roles in unionism, so that they could be relevant in the emerging labour market. The advice was given, on Thursdaty, by Comrade Abiodun Aremu, at the first annual Pre-May Day Seminar organised by the leaders of the National Union […]
Liverpool Ladies forward Asisat Oshoala has been shortlisted for the 2015 BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. She said she is surprised and excited by to be nominated for the award. “I worked hard last year but I am surprised to be nominated and I feel much appreciated,” said Oshoala. The 20-year-old, who scored her […]
Following the failure of a female to emerge as the first woman governor of Taraba State, some groups of women are canvassing for the emergence of a woman as the next Deputy Senate President in the 8th Assembly. This is coming as jostle for positions in the incoming government appears to have reached fever […]
The impeachment saga in Ekiti has continue to degenerate as women in Ikere Ekiti, the hometown of Governor Fayose`s Deputy Governor, Dr Olusola Eleka on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the plot, issuing a 7-day ultimatum to the All Progressives Lawmakers to back out or would invoke the gods against them. Similarly, Ekiti Elders […]
Violence against women in Nigeria, like most African countries, is very common. In fact, figures put it at up to 50- 60 per cent of Nigerian homes and most of it go unreported, either because of our cultural background, the family set-up, or economy reasons. However, experts who gathered at the Association of Resident Doctors […]
Nigeria’s in-coming First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has assured Nigerian women that they will witness a better deal when the President-elect, General MuhammaduBuhari, formally takes office on May 29, 2015. Mrs.Buhari, in an Easter message to the Christian women, said they were among the hardest working social groups, but have remained, economically and politically, marginalised. […]
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