Women in Anambra on Thursday in Awka staged a peaceful protest against what they termed “`barbaric widowhood practices’’.
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The President, Africa First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) Mrs Aisha Buhari, has inaugurated the newly constructed headquarters of the mission along Airport Road in Abuja, Nigeria.
Ninth Assembly Women in Parliament have urged the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, to ensure that the court ruling granting women 35 per cent affirmative action was implemented.
Following an increasing number of gender-based related cases in Kano State, the government has inaugurated a strategic knowledge management technical working committee on gender-based violence (GBV).
Female parliamentarians have asked ECOWAS governments for 30 percent female representation in their various national parliaments to enhance development in the sub-region.
First Lady Aisha Buhari has urged wealthy Nigerians to support the on-going effort at providing a conductive learning environment for children with special needs in the country.
The Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development have empowered 100 vulnerable women and girls in Yobe in groundnut oil extraction, soap, vaseline making, and tailoring.
Two Non-Government Organisations — Invictus Africa and BudgIT Foundation, on Wednesday, introduced the “Womanity Index”, a tool to track annual ranking and reports on gender equality and Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
A filmmaker, Mr. Stephen Obodomechine, has advised Nigerians to use their phones to record any incidences of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) as evidence to aid the prosecution of such cases.
A new report by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) says women have continued to record low representation in all tiers and levels of governance.