Gender Equality

By Timothy Choji The Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD) has stepped up its continent-wide campaign for gender equity through its #We Are Equal campaign. This was disclosed at a Summit of African First Ladies…

A young Nigerian visual artist, Ikepo Soyinka, has advocated for a gender-equal society. Ikepo made this known at her debut art exhibition titled ‘Crows Come At Dawn’ held during the Lagos Fringe Festival in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.…

The United Nations Women and Nigeria's Ministry of Women Affairs have launched the Quarterly Zonal Coordination Mechanism Meeting for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women for states in Nigeria's North-Central region. The meeting…

Mrs Noro Bature, Project Coordinator, North, Women’s Voice and Leadership, Nigeria (WVL-N) under ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has revealed that no fewer than 35,000 females have been impacted in Kebbi. She disclosed this in an interview with…

In commemoration of the 2023 International Women's Day, the chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in Nigeria's capital, Hon. Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, has called for greater socio-economic and political…

The world governing body of athletics, World Athletics (WA), announced that they will have a female vice-president by the end of the year as part of its gender equality plans for the sport. WA will also have 40 per cent female…

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says to achieve gender equality, enforceable legislation needs to be imbibed. Yakubu, who stated this at the Voice of Women (VOW) 2022 conference…

The US Soccer Federation said it has offered identical contract proposals to the respective men's and women's players associations, in an effort to bring the two parties under one collective bargaining agreement (CBA) structure. "US Soccer…

"Gabon will present three bills to parliament to strengthen equality between men and women, notably by fighting against violence"and discrimination," Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda told AFP on Friday. One of the texts…

The Minister of State for Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Aliyu, has said that women across the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and violence. Addressing a World Press Conference in Abuja,…