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Nigeria has a long history of gender inequality and discrimination against women. Women in Nigeria face a number of challenges, including limited access to education, health care, and economic opportunities. [8] Women are also disproportionately affected by poverty, violence, and other forms of discrimination.
Born as the third child of seven children in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Ibukun completed her primary and secondary school education at St. Paul's African Church Primary School, Lagos and Methodist Girls' High School, Yaba respectively before she proceeded to the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) where she graduated with a BSc in Chemistry although she had initially ...
Female empowerment in Nigeria is an economic process that involves empowering Nigerian women as a poverty reduction measure. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Empowerment is the development of women in terms of politics, social and economic strength in nation development.
Jaclyn Johnson, the CEO and founder of Create & Cultivate – and a 2015 Forbes 30 Under 30 alum –joined The Final Round on Wednesday to discuss how her company supports young businesswomen as ...
Nwuneli was born on March 22, 1975, at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital in Enugu, Nigeria to a Nigerian professor of Pharmacology—Paul Obuekwe Okonkwo [3] and an American professor of History—Rina Okonkwo. [4] Her father, who is from Awka, Anambra and her mother who is originally from New York, met at Cornell University in 1965. [5]
Nigeria is currently the leading economy in Africa and holds much potential growth for female entrepreneurs. [27] Women in leadership roles do not significantly differ from men in Nigeria, indicating there is significant growth potential once barriers to entry have been removed.
With Evals Equity, Barnes said she has been able to raise more than $100,000 and has helped fund more than 40 women of color entrepreneurs. Their businesses have ranged from hair salons and tech ...
Aisha Ochuwa Tella was born on 22 April, 1994 in Lagos State, Nigeria but originally hails from Auchi, Edo State. She completed her primary and secondary education in Lagos State . Later on, she acquired a Diploma in Criminology and a LL.B degree with a Second Class Upper Division – both from Babcock University [ 2 ]