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Friday, August 30, 2013
Women Behind Nigeria’s Most Powerful Politicians
As often said, beside every successful man, there is a woman. It has just come to the fore that every successful politician has a woman of great influence who plays along with him. If it was the man’s spouse, it is considered better because courage...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Ulasi: The last woman standing, Nigeria
It was just fifteen years ago that one woman dazzled the Anambra political establishment to its foundations. Mrs. Joy Emodi, the young, beautiful and articulate lawyer who had won recognition on account of her political prowess was set to upturn the...
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Saturday, August 24, 2013
Wives of Ogun indigenes to contest elections in 2015, Nigeria
The women are mostly non-Ogun indigenes. A group of women in Ogun West senatorial district of Ogun State under the banner of ‘Yewa Wives in Diaspora’ said on Saturday that they would contest for key positions in the next political dispensation in...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Nigeria, Senegal Partner On Women for Democratic Leadership
Nigeria and Senegal are planning to provide women at grassroots level with leadership and advocacy skills that would enable them contribute meaningfully to the development of their countries. To this end, a three-day capacity building workshop has...
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Women Rally: Nigerian Women Optimistic Of Increased Representation In Governance
A cross section of Nigerian women on Thursday in Abuja expressed optimism that the government would ensure increased women representation in  governance. They spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the women rally on Peace and National...
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Saturday, August 10, 2013
Poverty, tradition bane of northern women’s progress, Nigeria
Hajiya Hafsat Baba is one of the major personalities in the North who have been speaking in support of women and child development in the region and Nigeria in general. The National Women Leader of the now defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN),...
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Sunday, July 21, 2013
Nigeria: Women Seek Better Deal Ahead of 2015 Elections
Two years away from the general elections, Nigerian women who converged under different organizations and auspices at a two-day summit organized by Nigerian Women in Parliament with the support of United Nations Development Programme and Democratic...
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Nigeria: Politics - Still Hard for Women At the Top
The lot of Nigerian women in the workplace has not always been pleasant. It is even more brutish in the political arena. Gender activists and other stakeholders gathered in Abuja recently to ponder their lot. MRs. Rifkatu Samson Dannahn the only...
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Radio Drama Promotes women and youth political participation in northern Nigeria
In one episode of the Nigerian radio drama Dukan Karshe, a young man and woman decide to run for their local council to correct injustices, including government funds being diverted from schools and hospitals to line the pockets of local politicians...
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Friday, May 24, 2013
Funmi Olayinka, a woman of courage, Nigeria
She arrived the Ekiti State political firmament unheralded, but she left in blaze of glory after breathing her last on Saturday, 6 April following a long battle with cancer.OlufunmilayoAdunniOlayinka was born to Chief Festus ObafemiFamuagun, a...
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
Challenges Nigerian women face in politics
As the 2015 election steadily approaches, and campaign strategies by various politicians and political offices holders already in full gear, women are being charged to gear up to vie for elective positions in the country. But the odds are stacked...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Nigeria: Jonathan Promises Women More Than 35 Per Cent of Political Position
President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to give Nigerian women more than the 35 per cent affirmative action they agitated for, considering their contributions to national development and the transformation agenda. Jonathan, who was represented by...
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Report / White Paper
Perceptions on Gender Equity: Measuring the Security & Political Implications for Nigeria
The role of perception in the dominant discourse cannot be underplayed considering the security and political implications. The need for equity is occasioned by manifestation of sex differentiation which sustains the tradition of unjustified...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Esuene: Nigeria Ranks Too Low in Women Representation in Parliament
Senator Helen Esuene was  Minister of State for Health and later Minister of Environment in the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In this interview with Omololu Ogunmade, Esuene who currently represents Akwa Ibom South senatorial...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
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Monday, August 06, 2012
UNDP: Consultant to support development of a gender policy for the INEC in Nigeria
Location : Abuja, NIGERIA Application Deadline : 08-Aug-12 Type of Contract : Individual Contract Post Level : International Consultant Languages Required : English   Starting Date :(date when the selected candidate is expected to start...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
What Have Eight Years of Democracy Done for Women Politicians?
"Men are the decision makers; women should be cooking in the kitchen while men play politics." For more information, please visit All Africa's Website
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Women, Still Underdogs in Nigerian Politics
Minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Inna Maryam Ciroma, yesterday expressed dismay that eight years after the end of military dictatorship and return of democratic governance in Nigeria, women participation in politics was still...
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