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Welding work dirty, but I’m comfortable, says Ebonyi female welder

Welding work dirty, but I’m comfortable, says Ebonyi female welder

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.…

Women Empowerment: Essential to health, social development – Social media influencer

Women Empowerment: Essential to health, social development – Social media influencer

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…

Meet Mimi Yina, aka MedlinBoss CEO of Medline Couture

        Medline Couture, one of Nigeria’s biggest and most admired fashion brand famous for its signature pant and styling of celebrities, elites and key political figures in the country, is unrivalled in…

Women should work together to bring perpetrators of GBV to justice – Awosemusi

Women should work together to bring perpetrators of GBV to justice – Awosemusi

Violence against women and girls continues to be the most pervasive and pressing human rights issue in the world today. It is both an abhorrent crime and a public health emergency, with far-reaching consequences for…

Moving to help women break career glass ceilings

Moving to help women break career glass ceilings

Women constitute about 50 per cent of the Nigerian population but do not enjoy equal access with men in decision making and power-sharing. Professionals at a recent leadership summit hosted by House of Rose Professional…

‘Impact of mother’s education on child’s health unquantifiable’

‘Impact of mother’s education on child’s health unquantifiable’

Studies have shown that Nigeria is among the top largest contributors to the under-5 and maternal mortality rate in the world. Poverty, limited access to medical treatment, limited access to health care workers, lack of…

WISCAR: Oyagbola advocates women’s representation in every sphere of life

WISCAR: Oyagbola advocates women’s representation in every sphere of life

Women in Successful Careers (WISCAR) 2022 Annual Leadership and Mentoring Conference may have come and gone, a clear message that resonated from the event was the key advocacy to ensure women’s representation in every sphere…

Oxfam empowers PWDs, women, other marginalised groups to seek positive change

Oxfam empowers PWDs, women, other marginalised groups to seek positive change

As the social justice frontier keeps expanding, social justice actors and crusaders keep getting increasingly involved with many emergent issues of social concern. Since time immemorial, a perfect society is yet to evolve – one…

How 50-year-old roasted yam seller built her house

How 50-year-old roasted yam seller built her house

The world has seen a considerable rise in successful women entrepreneurs in the last few years. In most business sectors, women are now making their presence felt. Dorcas Azebua is a 50-yearold woman who roasts…

How women can stand out in tech industry – Heels and Tech CEO

How women can stand out in tech industry – Heels and Tech CEO

  Bisola Alabi, Chief Executive Officer of Heels and Tech, has been speaking on ways women can shine and make a difference in the tech industry, which is widely tagged to be male-dominated. Highlighting some…