UN Women

UN Women has advocated for an enabling environment for women to contribute, have their voices heard in developing and implementing solutions to address the root causes of conflict and promote peace, at all levels. The UN Women Country…

Mnena Iyorkegh, Abuja The UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, in collaboration with the Association of Women Living With HIV and AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN), along with other marginalized…

UN Women has stressed the need to prioritize more investment by all stakeholders in financing development plans and policies towards ending violence against women and girls in Nigeria. This was stated by the UN Women Deputy Country…

The UN Women has emphasized the need for more private sector investment in the empowerment of women and girls in Nigeria. This was the stance of the United Nations (UN) Women in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, during a conference tagged…

UN Women has reemphasized the need to increase private sector investment in the empowerment of women and girls in Nigeria. This was their stance in Lagos, South Western Nigeria during a Regional Dialogue with Private Sector on the need…

UN Women and partners launched a twenty five million dollars private sector-led Gender Base Violence (GBV) fund to promote and  improve the capacity of women in doing business. READ ALSO: UN Women and Partners Collaborate to Address…

According to UN Women, speedy passage of the Gender Equal Opportunities (GEO), Bill and related legislation would help in mitigating some of the challenges facing Nigeria and African women such as GBV an increase women’s representation in…

The UN Women has posited that ensuring women’s meaningful representation in the security sector is critical to building an inclusive, responsive, and accountable security sec­tor that reflects the diversity of the community it serves and…

UN Women have called for more avenues to create policies and initiatives that would increase women and girls’ digital literacy and encourage their active participation in technology. Stakeholders at a showcase event organized by UN Women…

The UN Women is partnering with Traditional and Religious Leaders in Nigeria on Customary and Formal Laws to ending Gender Based Violence. The partners have converged on Abuja for a two-day knowledge-enhancing workshop to…