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A Nigerian rights group has launched a petition to stop plans by religious leaders and a state lawmaker to push 100 girls and young women into marriage in a mass ceremony next week, which have ...
Group Photograph: Wiki Loves Women Women FM 91.7 endorses Wiki Loves Women in Nigeria. The Wiki Project Loves Women in Nigeria is held in partnership with Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria, and is coordinated by Olushola Olaniyan. He is accompanied by several volunteers. Members include: Olaniyan Olushola; Sam/Jamie Tubers; Kaizenify; Olufemi Simeon ...
Launched in May 2021 the Wiki Loves Women Focus Group Members programme is a practical, action-oriented, mentored online training programme that provides skills and knowledge transfer that is specifically designed to support community leaders as they create gender-equity programmes and drives within the Wikimedia and Open movements.
NCWS goal of affecting national life through active participation of women has led the organization to support women's suffrage in Northern Nigeria during the First Republic. In the late 1950s, it started a voting rights campaign to allow women to vote and be voted for and visited regional leaders such as Ahmadu Bello to press on those ...
While some women — such as those in dating advice forums like r/RedPillWomen on Reddit — genuinely share ideas that parallel those in the manosphere, others have said online that they just ...
In Nigeria, the effect of women empowerment can be measured using indices such as education, literacy rate, employment, and leadership roles. [7] Lynne Featherstone has said that "High rates of maternal mortality and violence against women make Nigeria one of the toughest places in the world to be born a girl". [8]
Delta Women is a non-governmental organization founded by Elsie Ijorogu-Reed. It primarily to enable the women of Delta State, Nigeria.The organization advocates for women rights, creates awareness and holds seminars on child abuse and campaigns on female sexual harassment in higher educational institutions.
In 2022, The Nigerian Women's Trust Fund graduated 100 women from their training institute, the National Institute for Leadership and Ending Violence against Women and Girls. [9] The training consisted of a 6 month mentorship program and was held in 8 states, including Adamawa, Cross River, FCT, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Rivers, Nasarawa, Kebbi, and Ekiti.