Brief Introduction The Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria (WVL – Nigeria) project is a five-year project that is being funded by Global Affairs Canada. The project is building the capacities and supporting activities of local and national women’s rights organisations and movements who seek to empower women and girls, advance the protection of women and...
This research work showcases the linkage between sexual and gender-based violence among married couples in Lagos State during the COVID-19 lockdown. The study is also anticipated to support policy recommendations to Women Rights Organizations, Civil Society Organizations, Government Organizations, and Multilaterals on relevant strategies to adopt post-COVID-19 era in combating sexual and gender-based violence among...
The 1995 Beijing Platform for Action flagged 12 key areas where urgent action and concrete changes are needed for women and girls. Notwithstanding the efforts being made globally, which have awakened some attitudinal shift and consciousness, a lot still needs to be done towards realization of women’s rights as the present era of globalization and...
Global Affairs Canada has launched a program-wide evaluation of WVL, which will take place over the course of 2021. The evaluation is a corporate formative evaluation that integrates the feminist evaluation principles of empowerment, inclusivity, and participation. It is conducted by a team of evaluators at Global Affairs Canada. The evaluation covers the entirety of...
Prior studies have assessed economic/instrumental dimensions of women’s empowerment relative to its agency dimensions. This study assessed ever-married women’s participation in the labor market as a form of agency for empowerment and household decision-making in Nigeria. The study utilizes secondary data from three national surveys of Nigeria’s 2003, 2008, and 2013 Demographic and Health Surveys...
The exclusion of women in politics has been identified in recent times as one of the major setbacks for economic development. Women’s groups are a strong pillar for grassroots politics; and a drive for more women participating in politics at the grassroots still faces a lot of challenges, making it difficult for them to harness...
Women’s rights are part of the fundamental human rights that are recognized in international human rights treaties. While Nigeria has acceded to a number of international instruments on the promotion and protection of women’s rights, women in this country have yet to realize their rights. The Nigerian Constitution requires that international treaties be domesticated before...
Concerns over women’s marginalization and invisibility in Africa policy-making, remains a fervent international discourse. These concerns are likely due to restrictive laws, cultural diversities and practices, institutional barriers, as well as disproportionate access to quality education, healthcare, and resources. Reversing these discriminatory practices is not impossible, and can be achieved by implementing the right mechanisms...
Pre-colonial Africa prides itself on adherence to diverse cultural affinity and traditional belief systems, which defines the place of women in respect to land access, use and ownership. Land resources continue to play important roles in both agrarian and industrial societies; thus the absence of effective land management and gender construction in land allocations has...
The exciting development in the recent political era was the increase in women’s political participation globally. Women are becoming more engaged in varieties of institutional decision making processes and Africa appears to be leading in women’s parliamentary representation. Since the re-birth of democracy in Nigeria in 1999, women have tried to gain access to decision...
