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  2. Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation

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    Cecilia Bolaji Dada, the Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), has condemned domestic violence against Nigerian women, stating that 664 women were abused by their husbands in Lagos alone in the last year, according to cases submitted to their office.

  3. Women in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Nonetheless, women in Nigeria have been able to come together in feminist movements, such as the Women in Nigeria (organization) (WIN) founded in 1982, to combat male supremacy in Nigeria and shape feminism as a force for Nigerian women. [84] Nigerian women did not gain their voting rights until relatively recently.

  4. Oyinkansola Abayomi - Wikipedia

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    When she returned to Nigeria, she connected with the local Lagos Nigerian Girl Guides Association, which was founded by an English woman. Abayomi joined the group and was the first Nigerian woman to serve as a supervisor. She also became active in the education of women and girls in Nigeria, which was not equal to that of men and boys.

  5. Alimotu Pelewura - Wikipedia

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    Chief Alimotu Pelewura, (c. 1865–1951) was a Nigerian trader who was leader of the Lagos Market Women's Association, a Lagos-based market women advocacy group. She was also an important political ally of Herbert Macaulay. [2] The Lagos Market Women's Association was one of the most important women's organizations in Lagos during the colonial ...

  6. Women Consortium of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) is a non-profit organisation headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. It was established by the late Chief Olabisi Olateru-Olagbegi in 1993 for the promotion of the rights of women and children in Nigeria. WOCON lead the campaign against women trafficking in Nigeria on the 8 of March 1996 after research conducted ...

  7. Category:Nigerian women in politics - Wikipedia

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    21st-century Nigerian women politicians (82 P)-Women in Lagos politics (1 C, 15 P) D. Nigerian women diplomats (1 C, 10 P) F. First ladies of Nigeria (20 P) G.

  8. International Women's Society - Wikipedia

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    The International Women's Society (IWS) in Lagos, Nigeria is a Nigerian women's organization. The IWS was founded in 1957. [1] The International Women's Society carries our charitable activity in Nigeria. [2] It provides for the less privileged, financially supports widows, and helps women gain skills enabling their productive independence. [3]

  9. Efunroye Tinubu - Wikipedia

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    Efunroye Tinubu (c. 1810 – 1887), born Ẹfúnpọ̀róyè Ọ̀ṣuntinúbú, [1] was a powerful Yoruba female aristocrat, merchant, and slave trader in pre-colonial and colonial Nigeria.