Nigeria’s underdevelopment regarding the status of their women, due to a long history of colonial exploitation and oppression, has brought about a distortion of Nigeria’s economic, educational, religious, cultural, social, ideological, and social orientations. The social role of women in Nigeria varies according to religious, cultural, and geographic factors. However, many Nigerian cultures see women solely...
The economic and political contributions of market women in Nigeria’s diverse contexts have long been ignored and buried. Market women in the region we know today as Nigeria have, for a long time, been at the forefront of social transitions. But one of the leading and most pressing challenge faced by market women is...
Olive Community Development Initiative (OCDI) is one of the local women right organizations (LWROs) implementing interventions under the Women Voice and Leadership (WVL) Project, funded by Global Affairs Canada through ActionAid Nigeria. Our interventions has been focused increasing the enjoyment of Human’s Right by women & girls in Kwara state and we have been achieving...
Ebere Ifendu is a leader in many fields and a passionate advocate for gender equality and women’s rights. As a widely respected woman, she is the first woman to be elected as the National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Labour Party (NLP). She is a renowned Party Management Strategist and the President of Women...
Yesterday, all roads leading to the National Assembly in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja were blocked by the Nigerian Women as they determined to break the age-long Constitutional bias against the women in Nigeria particularly at the decision making level. The women, in their demands made it clear on the need for the government of...
Nigerian women are using radio to revolutionise their struggle for gender justice in their country. Media engagement primarily through radio is playing a more strategic role in increasing the visibility of women and their issues. Radio has become one of the most highly employed platforms for organising engagements by women’s groups in advancing women’s rights...
I want to start this blog post by expressing my distaste, anger, confusion, anxiety, and total disappointment towards the unjust treatment melted against women. It is horrific to say the least. So much has been said on this particular issue, yet little has been done to curb this menace. If you are a man reading...
UNDERSTANDING AND ENDING CHILD MARRIAGE: INSIGHTS FROM HAUSA COMMUNITIES BACKGROUND Despite substantial progress over the last two decades, girls still have on average lower levels of educational attainment than boys in West and Central Africa. This is in part because every day, close to 6,000 girls in the region (2.1 million girls annually) are...
Mr. Ndagi and his wife, Adama looked back and cursed the day they promised off their unborn daughter to a sly monster in exchange for few notes of the Naira for their survival. Their 12-year old daughter, Asabe was kidnapped, drugged, and raped for days by 45-year old Badigi whom her parents had betrothed her...
Nigerian women constitute about half of the nation’s population, and they form an important segment of the society. Their importance is reflected clearly in their role in the family, community, and nation as a whole. Gender activists have argued that the generally accepted irreplaceable role and responsibility of a woman in Nigeria is caring for...
