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Women in Nigeria face numerous challenges, including gender inequality, poverty, and a lack of access to education and healthcare. [5] Despite these challenges, Nigerian women are making strides in all areas of life and are becoming increasingly empowered to take control of their lives and their futures. [6]
Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye (born 23 December 1973) [1] is a Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur, politician, and film producer.She contested for the first female candidate for the presidency in Nigeria under the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 general elections but later stepped down for Bola Tinubu.
Nkiru Balonwu is an entrepreneur and activist based in Lagos, Nigeria. [1] She is known for her views of women as the solution to Africa's problems [2] and is the founder and chairperson of African Women on Board, an independent, women-led African non-profit organisation focused on advancing narratives to improve realities for women and girls of African heritage. [3]
Where she discussed about her book "How To Make Money On Instagram". In June 2018 she was featured on Today's Woman Magazine well known as TW Magazine [5] alongside the Nigerian actress Omoni Oboli. In 2017 she was featured on Complete Sports [6] on a list featuring entertainment celebrities related to former or active footballers.
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 ...
In December 2015, she was listed amongst the Most Influential CEOs of 2015 by Ventures Africa [9] as well as New African Woman's Women of the Year for 2015 and made the QUARTZ’S List of 30 African Innovators. [10] In 2016, she won the African Blogger of the Year award at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (born 11 June 1963) is a Nigerian-British feminist activist, policy advocate, social change philanthropy practitioner and writer.. She was first lady of Ekiti State, Nigeria as wife of Ekiti State governor Kayode Fayemi from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.
Jamila Abubakar Sadiq Malafa (born 1965) is an international maritime lawyer and the first female Commodore in the history of the Nigerian Navy. She joined the Nigerian Navy in 1988 and was commissioned as a midshipman in 1990. [1] In December 2017 she became the first Northern woman in the history of Nigerian Navy to reach the rank of Commodore.