Conversations about the inclusion of women in legislative pronouncements are building more momentum and new dimensions are being analysed as…
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Nigeria: Fallout of Endsars Protest – Women, Mothers Mostly Victims of Mass Arrest in Lagos State
Whenever there is crisis, violence, or war, women and children seem to be at the receiving end of the unfortunate…
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Women, mothers mostly victims of mass arrest in Lagos state
We’re innocent, they cry out Police have learnt nothing from the protests — CSOs By Ebunoluwa Sessou & Esther Onyegbula…
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How we fled poverty but ended up with rapist employers — Nigerian women working in the Middle East – Punch Newspapers
Jesusegun Alagbe Eight years after graduating from one of the state-owned universities in the South-West without a job after several…
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Tackling scourge of sexual violence against women – Punch Newspapers
The World Health Organisation in 2002 provided an expansive definition of sexual violence as “any sexual act, attempt to obtain…
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We Won’t Allow Allison-Madueke to be Vilified, Ijaw Women Vow
Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke List former minister’s achievements Adedayo Akinwale The Ijaw-Women Connect (IWC) has said that it would not stand…
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Nigerian laws need amendment to help women in business — Kehinde-Peters – Punch Newspapers
Oluwaseyi Kehinde-Peters is the founder of the Pan African Women Empowerment Network. She tells TOFARATI IGE about her advocacy for…
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Nigerian govt doesn’t care about women – Victoria Inyama
Victoria Inyama By Jennifer Okundia Nigerian actress Victoria Inyama took to Instagram to share a video where she addressed Nigerian…
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UNICEF calls for enforcement of women, child protection laws
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Monday called for the enforcement of laws protecting rights of women and girls in Ebonyi…
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Communique for 2020 WIMBIZ Women in Politics (WIMPol) Webinar
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 / 09:40 AM /WIMBIZ /Header Image Credit: WIMBIZ Communique Issued by Women in Management Business and…
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If dressing is reason for rape, children shouldn’t be victims — Executive Director, women advocacy centre, Akiyode-Afolabi – Punch Newspapers
Executive Director, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, in this interview with CHIMA AZUBUIKE, explains how government…
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Anambra market women seek death sentence for rapists – The Sun Nigeria
Obinna Odogwu, Awka Market women in Anambra State have appealed to the governments at all levels to enact laws which…
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Women groups’ advocates gender equality for Nigerian women
Demands speedy Presidential Assent for Sexual Harassment Bill By Chioma Obinna and Alex Kola Folorunso A gender advocacy group, Joan…
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Political ideology, the military and women in Nigerian politics
Roundtable with Nnedinso Ogaziechi While we try to have conversations over the lack of gender parity in Nigerian politics, it…
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Africa: Women From Kenya and Nigeria in Running for WTO’s Top Job
A Nigerian woman and a Kenyan woman are among seven candidates to become the next director-general of the World Trade…
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Violence against Women and Girls: The Shadow Pandemic
By Pauline Tallen, Peter Hawkins, Comfort Lamptey Violence against women and girls in Nigeria is a pandemic-sized problem. Millions live…
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Women from Kenya and Nigeria in running for WTO′s top job | Africa | DW
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a development economist and former finance minister (left in photo), and Amina Mohamed, Kenya’s sports, culture and…
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Legal victories for freedom of expression a bright spot in a month of deaths and violence against women
Prominent editor and publisher Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has won a defamation suit against Ghanian member of parliament, Kennedy Agyapong,…
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Women in Politics Webinar: The Nigerian Constitution and Elections: A Right to Win
Tuesday, July 07, 2020 / 10:40AM / WIMBIZ/ Header Image Credit: WIMBIZ Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ)…
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Suggestions towards the Eradication of Sexual Violence Against Nigerian Women
Omolara Oriye Violence against women, especially violence of a sexual nature has been an epidemic in Nigeria. It has become…
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