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…
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…
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…
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…
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 In March 2004, an 18-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra put on a red-and-yellow uniform and stood behind a…
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…
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…
As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, growing concerns over artificial intelligence (AI)-driven misinformation have highlighted the increasing digital risks faced by women in public-facing roles. Female journalists,…
A wheelchair was supposed to mark the end of Muniba Mazari's story. Instead, it became the seat from which she painted, spoke, hosted a national television show, and told…
I was scrolling through WhatsApp Status on Sunday morning when I came across a status shared by a friend. I think he had reposted it from someone else. It was…
For many women entrepreneurs, the biggest obstacle to growing a business is not a lack of talent or customers. It is the high cost of essential equipment. A new financing…
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