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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 ...
According to her, 378 women will be abused by their spouses in 2020, while 286 women will be abused by their husbands in the first quarter of this year. Today, the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation held an interactive session with returnees at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry on human trafficking, prostitution, and ...
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 and Odunayo Eweniyi created the Feminist Coalition, which focuses on women's rights and safety, economic empowerment, and political participation of women in Nigeria. For its first project, the organization supported the #EndSARS protests that swept Nigeria in 2020 and organized a food drive for low-income women and their families.
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]
Women in Nigeria (WIN) is a political interest organization founded in 1982. The organization's interest concerns women's liberation, equality and social justice in Nigeria . [ 1 ] WIN is different from early women's groups in Nigeria because it affirms the belief that women's rights cannot be secured without addressing the broader issue of ...
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