Deborah Ocheni
From the local to the global level, women’s leadership and political participation are restricted. Women are underrepresented as voters, as well as in leading positions, whether in elected office, the civil service, the private sector,…
Chinyere Abiaziem
The need for govern – ment and leaders across boards to ini – tiate policies and programmes that will ensure empowerment of women with their potentials actualised leading to Nigeria’s development was brought to the…
Appolonia Adeyemi
One phrase that persistently played out throughout the commemoration of the 2024 World Menstrual Hygiene Day is period poverty, leaving many to wonder what exactly that meant. Period poverty describes the struggle many low-income women…
Steve Uzoechi
Mouquie Kongolo is a bilingual educator and translator; a devoted mom, a craft lover and maker, who, over time, has become a change catalyst, driving young people from a place of uncertainty to identifying their…
Appolonia Adeyemi
A non-profit organisation, Journalists for Christ (JFC) has called for policy change to curb Tech-Facilitated GenderBased Violence (TFGBV). Project Officer for the Countering Misogyny and Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) project, Blessing Oladunjoye made the call…
Deborah Ocheni
Active involvement of women in peace processes goes beyond a request from African women to be part of discussions for the sake of inclusion or as an assertion of their inherent right to contribute to…
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…
Stanley Ihedigbo
Mrs Folashade Afolabi is the founder of Matilda David Foundation (MDF), located at the Iyana-Odo, Egbeda area of Lagos State. Folashade’s passion is to lend helping hands to vulnerable people, especially women and the youth.…
Appolonia Adeyemi
Women’s empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the different societal problems. They may have the opportunity to re-define gender roles or other such roles, which allow them more freedom to pursue…
New Telegraph
Deborah Ocheni Gender equality and the empowerment of women lie at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and they are vital to fully realising the rights and potential of all persons. Sadly, gender…
