Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Nigerian women. Female empowerment in Nigeria is an economic process that involves empowering Nigerian women as a poverty reduction measure. [1] [2] Empowerment is the development of women in terms of politics, social and economic strength in nation development. It is also a way of reducing women's vulnerability and dependency in all spheres of ...
These restrictions created by socio-cultural practices can be blamed for the poor participation of women in administrative positions in Nigeria. Women as compromisers - Women tend to believe that holding political offices is the exclusive rights of the male folk. They look down on themselves and do not believe they have the potential for ...
The Ministry of Women Affairs is required to review substantive and procedural laws that affect women. [1] Some activities undertaken by the Ministry include cottage industry projects such as bee-keeping, pottery and vegetable oil production to boost the economic empowerment of women, where the Ministry provides equipment and training to women's cooperatives.
Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) [1] According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens. [2]
Damilola Odufuwa was listed as one of 12 Women Leaders That Changed The World In 2020 by British Vogue. [9] She was also listed on the 2021 Times Next 100 list. [10] Damilola was the winner of the 2020 The Future Awards Africa Prize for Leading Conversations. [11] She was named in the Bloomberg 50 list of people who changed global business in ...
In 1987, a workshop on the role of rural women in development was held in Abuja and led to the establishment of Better Life Program for the Rural Woman. [7] Currently the organisation has recently developed a new strategy which will be implemented over the next five years to ensure rural women in Nigeria and Africa are supported and empowered. [8]
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
It includes women activists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.