As the clock starts ticking for the local government election in Enugu State, women in the area seem set to have their right of way in the grassroots administration as the Association of Nsukka Women in Diaspora (ANWD) has endorsed the aspiration of Hon.
The summit, held at Obudu, Cross River, called on government, civil society groups and stakeholders to work together for enlightenment on the importance of the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Senator Zainab Abdulkadir Kure, represents Niger South Senatorial District of Niger state. As wife of the Niger state Governor for eight years, she supported her husband's administration.
Former Chairperson, Nigerian Army Officers' Wives Association (NAOWA), and later Chairperson, Defence and Police Officers' Wives Association (DEPOWA), Mrs.
The secretary-general of Women's Right Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), an NGO, Mrs Saudatu Mahdi, has urged women to rise against poverty in the society.
Women activists in Ekiti State protesting against the April election, which was characterised by massive rigging and fraud, have alleged threats to their lives.
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The Women's Right Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) in Nigeria is to work in conjunction with the Club of Madrid's Africa Women Leaders Project (AWLP) to harness resources and canvass for women's active participation in politics and decision making through increase in number and stre
A non-governmental organisation, Gender and Development Action (GADA), has confirmed that the number of women's participation during the 2007 elections in the South West was higher than during the previous elections.
After the presentation of Nigeria's Sixth Country Report to the United Nations Committee on the Status of Women in New York, the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs in collaboration with the International Republican Institute IRI, a United States private implementing partner organised a two day sen