Gender-based violence is a social menace that has robbed millions of women and girls of their lives and opportunities to develop to full potential, and has deprived the society at large the great contributions its victims would have made. Gender-based violence is one of the most prevalent human rights violation in the world. It undermines...
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...
PHILIP CLEMENT, ABUJA In it’s bid to enhance effective communication among Communications Officers in the development sector, ActionAid Nigeria organized a 3-Day workshop to improve deployment of communication approaches among it’s partners. The workshop which is anchored under the Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria (WVL-N) project with funding support from Global Affairs Canada had...
The “Political Economy Analysis (PEA) of Gender Equality and Women’s Rights Programme in Nigeria” is an in-depth report commissioned as part of the Women’s Voices and Leadership Nigeria Project. It examines the barriers to gender equality and the effectiveness of women’s rights programming in Nigeria. The report highlights key areas such as women’s political participation,...
Despite progress at the primary level, girls’ educational attainment level remains low in many sub-Saharan African countries. Multiple factors lead girls to drop out of school and often get married once they reach adolescence, with substantial consequences later in life in terms of voice, earnings, and agency mot only for the girls themselves (Klugman et...
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...
SHEA which stands for Sexual Harassment, Exploitation, and Abuse, is a major issue that affects all sectors of the working environment. The presence of SHEA within the workplace environment weakens an organization’s overall professional standing and negatively impacts employee morale and productivity. To curb SHEA within an Organization, Management needs to build a program or...
