In a community in Kaduna State, three young women whose schooling was cut short by early marriage are helping other married women learn to read and write. Early marriage continues…
For years, Evika Siliņa worked behind the scenes of Latvian politics, advising ministers, navigating legislation and helping shape government policy. Then, in September 2023, the lawyer who had spent much…
Every three seconds, somewhere in the world, a girl is married before she reaches adulthood. More than 12 million girls are married each year before the age of 18. Behind…
NIHSA Urges Media to Strengthen Public Awareness of Flood and Water Pollution Risks The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has called for stronger collaboration with environmental journalists to ensure that…
A national policy dialogue in Abuja has called for stronger accountability, safer reporting mechanisms and deeper integration of gender considerations across Nigeria’s defence and security institutions as stakeholders seek to…
Nigeria’s agricultural transformation debate often begins with a familiar question: how can farmers produce more? But there is another question that deserves equal attention: who captures the value created after…
Shulamite Ezechi has been named Social Leader of the Year at the Scottish Women’s Awards, marking a significant recognition for the Nigerian-born community leader and founder of ANYiSO Charity Organization.…
In a small Kalinago village called Crayfish River, one of eleven children was born into a family that could not have known that one of its daughters would eventually occupy…
Access to capital has long been a major barrier to financial independence for Nigerian women. In Bauchi State, an initiative by the Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN)…
More than 19,000 gender-based violence (GBV) cases have been logged in Nigeria since the National GBV Dashboard was launched in 2020, with 4,449 cases recorded in the first half of…
The Gozitan Who Outlasted Every Closed Door On the small island of Gozo, separated from Malta by a narrow channel of blue water, a remarkable political life began with a…
Baking, tailoring, beadwork and catering are skills many women already possess. For the Nigerian Air Force Officers’ Wives Association (NAFOWA), however, possessing a skill is only the beginning. The bigger…
Fourteen years ago, the New Generation Girls and Women Development Initiative (NIGAWD) began in a small shop with little more than an idea, determination and what its founder describes as…
On 11 May 1953, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova was born in Ohrid, a historic city in what was then the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, part of Yugoslavia. Decades later, she would become…
More than 600 million women and girls currently live within 50 kilometres of an active conflict zone, exposing them to the destruction, displacement and insecurity that accompany war. Conflict does…
Nearly half of Nigeria’s registered voters are women, but their presence in elected office remains disproportionately low, highlighting a persistent gap between women’s participation at the ballot box and their…
Five survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) privately disclosed their experiences during a six-day community sensitization campaign across parts of Iddo Local Government Area of Oyo State. The outreach,…
Women account for 74 per cent of informal trade operations across West Africa, according to the ECOWAS Commission, highlighting their central role in an economy that often remains largely invisible…
Five survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) have privately disclosed their experiences during a six-day community sensitization campaign carried out across parts of Iddo Local Government Area of Oyo…
Picture a young woman standing outside an examination hall in Belgium, holding a paper that says she has failed her second year of university. She is far from home. Her…
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