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Women's sports organizations in Nigeria (3 C) Pages in category "Women's organizations based in Nigeria" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
National Council of Women's Societies, also known by its acronym NCWS, is a Nigerian non-governmental and non-partisan women's organization composed of a network of independent women organizations in Nigeria binding together to use NCWS' platform to advocate gender welfare issues to the government and society.
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 ...
International Council of Women – founded in the year 1888, first international women's organization; International Federation for Research in Women's History – founded 1987, organizes international conferences; International Federation of Business and Professional Women – founded 1930, network for professional women
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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.
The Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN) is a faith-based, non-profit, and non-governmental organization. It was founded in October 1985 by a group of educated Muslim women. FOMWAN's main focus is the dissemination of Islamic beliefs and the education and empowerment of Muslim women in Nigeria. It is the civil society ...
The NWCD was commissioned on 17 October 1997, and modelled on the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW). It works in collaboration with Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. [2] Between 1997 and 2003 the NCWD published a magazine, Images of the Nigerian ...