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Nigeria: Nigeria Elections Reflect Slow Progress For Women(AWID)

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Nigeria: Nigeria Elections Reflect Slow Progress For Women(AWID)

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From April 9-26, 2011, Nigeria held parliamentary, presidential and governorship elections. Unfortunately the Independent National Election Commission, the body that oversees the country’s public office elections, did not issue any data about the number of women registered to vote.

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From April 9-26, 2011, Nigeria held parliamentary, presidential and governorship elections. Unfortunately the Independent National Election Commission, the body that oversees the country’s public office elections, did not issue any data about the number of women registered to vote.

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Nigeria: Women Empowerment Will Eradicate Corruption

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Nigeria: Women Empowerment Will Eradicate Corruption

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A senior official in the Ministry of Health and sanitation in Sierra leone Mr Saliu Deen, has contended that women empowerment remained a panacea for eradicating corruption. He said n Freetown that Sierra Leone was already practicing 30 per cent quota allocation to women in all leadership roles and in all sectors.

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A senior official in the Ministry of Health and sanitation in Sierra leone Mr Saliu Deen, has contended that women empowerment remained a panacea for eradicating corruption. He said n Freetown that Sierra Leone was already practicing 30 per cent quota allocation to women in all leadership roles and in all sectors.

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The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: A survey of police, defence, justice and penal services in ECOWAS states

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October 9, 2011

The Security Sector and Gender in West Africa: A survey of police, defence, justice and penal services in ECOWAS states

Since 2008, when the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) began working on gender and security sector transformation in West Africa, we have repeatedly been asked for information on gender and security from other countries in the region, such as examples of good pra

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Since 2008, when the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) began working on gender and security sector transformation in West Africa, we have repeatedly been asked for information on gender and security from other countries in the region, such as examples of good pra

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IMO STATE GENDER AGENDA-SETTING INAUGURAL MEETING

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IMO STATE GENDER AGENDA-SETTING INAUGURAL MEETING

It is an engagement and agenda-setting meeting between the three female members and other gender-sensitive male members of the Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA) and representatives of the women of

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Challenges in upholding the rights of women and children in Nigeria

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Challenges in upholding the rights of women and children in Nigeria

The conference is a cross-disciplinary forum for researchers, policymakers and practitioners to address the problems facing women and children in Nigeria.

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Statement on violence against women in politics in Nigeria

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April 28, 2011

Statement on violence against women in politics in Nigeria

The Violence Against Women in Politics (VAWiP) initiative is part of a larger Africa regional project by UN Women which aims at stimulating evidence-based, systematic and institutionalized response mechanisms to the issue of electoral violence against women.

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The Violence Against Women in Politics (VAWiP) initiative is part of a larger Africa regional project by UN Women which aims at stimulating evidence-based, systematic and institutionalized response mechanisms to the issue of electoral violence against women.

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Best Practices Used by Political Parties to Promote Women in Politics

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May 25, 2009

Best Practices Used by Political Parties to Promote Women in Politics

This consolidated response highlights strategies and policies that may be used in addition to gender quotas by political parties to increase the numbers of women in politics.

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This consolidated response highlights strategies and policies that may be used in addition to gender quotas by political parties to increase the numbers of women in politics.

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Africa Women's Political Leadership

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Africa Women's Political Leadership

This group is open to all women who wish to discuss women's political participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The Club of Madrid African Women Leaders Project brought together women from Nigeria, Uganda and Sierra Leone in a conference in Brussels in October 2008.

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This group is open to all women who wish to discuss women's political participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The Club of Madrid African Women Leaders Project brought together women from Nigeria, Uganda and Sierra Leone in a conference in Brussels in October 2008.

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