REGINA OTOKPA
Halima Odiegwu is President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a behavioral health company, Purple Lifeline Connections with subsidiaries, among which is the popular Lifelines With Mima, a television and radio programme fast-growing and reaching…
Deborah Ocheni
Investing in women’s economic empowerment sets a direct path towards gender equality, poverty eradication and inclusive economic growth. Women make enormous contributions to economies, whether in businesses, on farms, as entrepreneurs or employees, or by…
Deborah Ocheni
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women’s rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and…
Initiative for Social Impact and Sustainable Development (ISISD) has called on the Nigerian government at all levels, and stakeholders to ensure the digital empowerment of women and girls for societal development. According to the…
Praise Adebowale
Favour, 42, had an abortion when she was 19 years old. She said that it happened when she was in second year at university. It’s been years since it happened, but the memory of the…
OLUFEMI ADEDIRAN
Trafficked to Oman, a country in the Middle East at the age of 16, Damilola Falomo shares her story of torture, harassment and near death experience in the hands of her slave master, reports OLUFEMI…
Deborah Ocheni
Women around the world are disproportionately impacted by genderbased violence including sexual harassment and assault at work. Millions of female workers are forced to work in an intimidating, hostile or humiliating environment, and experience various…
Caleb Onwe
…’now full-time dancer to fulfil my destiny’ Desiree Shareef is a lawyer in deference to her parents, but made a detour into dance to unleash her innate creativity and also fulfil her destiny In an…
Uchenna Inya
Thirty-eight-year-old Miss Lilian Igwe is one of the women in Ebonyi State shattering the glass ceiling. Igwe, a National Certificate in Education (NCE) holder is a welder who now has many apprentices under her tutelage.…
Deborah Ocheni
As always, a woman alone has power; collectively women have impact. Traditionally women have been taught to be competitive with one another, because there was such a scarcity of jobs at the top. But it’s…