Stakeholders have called for renewed efforts to prioritise and address gender inequality and women’s empowerment in Nigeria, marking 30 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPfA).
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The Chairperson, National Agric Show Youth and Women in Agriculture Committee, Mrs Nkiruka Okonkwo says closing gender gap in agriculture can contribute 1 billion dollars annually to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP).
The President of Gender Equality at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr Anita Zaidi, says “bridging the staggering 1.7…
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business and Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) recently hosted a ‘Girls in STEM’ event to inspire 100 secondary school girls and bridge the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers to prepare the next generation of women engineers and innovators.
By Justina Auta Ms Mary Beth Leonard, United States Ambassador to Nigeria, has pedged support to strengthen the capacity of…