From Crayfish River to the Presidency: Sylvanie Burton’s Historic Rise
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…
How Women’s Savings Groups Are Building Economic Power in Bauchi
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)…
Nigeria Launches National Platform to Track Violence Against Women Cases
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…
From Five Election Defeats to President, Myriam Spiteri Debono’s Remarkable Rise
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…
NAFOWA Trains Women to Turn Skills and Ideas Into Businesses
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…
From a Small Shop to a Voice for Women Across Africa, NIGAWD Turns 14
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…
From Law Professor to President, Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova’s Historic Rise
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…
Democratic Erosion Leaves Disabled Women on the Front Line
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…
INEC Urges Parties to Turn Commitments on Women in Politics Into Action
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 Break Their Silence as GBV Campaign Reaches Over 200 in Oyo
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 Drive 74 Percent of West Africa’s Informal Trade as ECOWAS Calls for Reform
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 Come Forward as EU-Funded GBV Campaign Reaches Over 200 in Oyo
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…
From Academic Setback to the DRC’s First Female Prime Minister
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…
From Defeat to the Presidency: How Halla Tómasdóttir Turned Setbacks into Leadership
Reykjavík, 1968. A plumber and a social educator welcomed a daughter on 11 October. Nothing about her birth suggested that she would one day become president. There was no political…
33,009 Reports in Five Years as Lagos Grapples with Domestic and Sexual Violence
Between September 2021 and July 2026, Lagos State's Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) recorded 33,009 reports of domestic and sexual violence through walk-in visits and its Virtual Referral and…
PSNAFSA Commends Tinubu’s N819 Million Support for Widows of Fallen Heroes
The Prayer and Support for Nigerian Armed Forces and Other Security Agencies (PSNAFSA) has commended First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu for providing financial assistance to widows of soldiers and police…
W.TEC Moves Nigerian Girls From Using Technology to Building With It-
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is trying to change how Nigerian girls engage with technology—not simply by teaching them to use digital tools, but by giving them the skills…
From McDonald’s Counter to Thailand’s Top Job: The Rise and Fall of Paetongtarn Shinawatra
From McDonald’s Counter to Thailand’s Top Job: The Rise and Fall of Paetongtarn Shinawatra In March 2004, an 18-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra put on a red-and-yellow uniform and stood behind a…
Africa’s Green Transition Cannot Succeed Without Women, Experts Warn at WIGSE-26
At the Women’s International Green Summit and Exhibition (WIGSE-26) in Lagos, experts, policymakers, researchers and entrepreneurs converged around a common message: Africa cannot achieve an inclusive and sustainable green transition…
FCT Golf Association Drives Women’s Inclusion and Youth Development Through Golf
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Golf Association is intensifying efforts to make golf more accessible to women and young people, combining grassroots development with educational opportunities as part of a…
