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Nonetheless, women in Nigeria have been able to come together in feminist movements, such as the Women in Nigeria (organization) (WIN) founded in 1982, to combat male supremacy in Nigeria and shape feminism as a force for Nigerian women. [84] Nigerian women did not gain their voting rights until relatively recently.
Glamour Girls is a two-part Nollywood film about independent single women embarking on their independence within Nigeria's traditionally patriarchal society through escorting. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The film gained widespread popularity in Nigeria, [ 3 ] and starred Liz Benson , Ngozi Ikpelue , Eucharia Anunobi , Pat Attah, Ernest Obi, Zack Orji , and others.
Wives on Strike is a 2016 Nigerian film produced and directed by Omoni Oboli and starring Uche Jombo, Chioma Akpotha, Ufuoma McDermott and Kehinde Bankole. [1] As of September 2024, the film ranks as the 46th highest grossing Nigerian film in Nigerian cinemas. A sequel, Wives on Strike: The Revolution was released in 2018.
The Nigeria women's national football team is the representative women's association football team of Nigeria . Its governing body is the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and it competes as a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). [1] [2]
Ugo Njoku played for Rivers Angels in the Nigerian Women's Championship from 2013 to 2017, before moving to Croix Savoie Ambilly. [3] Njoku had her first international action in 2014 while playing for Nigeria in the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup match against Namibia. [4] She was also part of the winning squad at the 2014 African Women's ...
Odunayo Folasade Adekuoroye (born 10 December 1993) is a Nigerian freestyle wrestler. [1] She competed in the women's freestyle 53 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games [2] where she won the gold medal [3] and at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships where she won a bronze medal.
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 ...
Ngozi Ebere (born 5 August 1991) is a Nigerian footballer who plays as a defender for [3] and the Nigeria women's national team.She was a member of the Rivers Angels who won the Nigerian domestic double in 2014, and the Nigerian national women's team who won the 2014 African Women's Championship.