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.
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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.
A Non-governmental organization, the Network of Women with Disabilities has trained members on the trafficking of persons living with disabilities in Bauchi state.
The Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen has urged Nigerians to stand in solidarity with security organisations by providing information that will help to rescue the remaining Chibok schoolgirls still in captivity.
No fewer than 42,954 schoolgirls dropped out of school between July 2021 and June 2022 after they got pregnant.
The Sokoto State Government, in collaboration with seven donor agencies, opened training for 50 adolescent girls on digital literacy and other livelihood skills.
Oxfam Nigeria, an International NGO, on Friday noted that empowering women financially and economically would make them independent.
Oxfam Nigeria, an international NGO, on Friday, said that empowering women to be financially and economically independent, is critical towards ending Sexual, Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria.