Leadership Inclusion

When women lead, decisions improve. Female representation in business, cooperatives, and government raises household incomes, improves capital allocation, and shifts policy toward health, education, and social protection. In Nigeria, female legislators have driven bills on maternal health, child nutrition, and education access. Women leaders also serve as critical conflict mediators, particularly in the North and Middle Belt, bringing grassroots trust that male-dominated institutions often lack. Their inclusion is not just representation. It is better governance.

About

Women’s inclusion in Nigerian leadership and governance is not a fairness issue alone; it is an economic, social, and political necessity. Yet despite controlling 41% of micro and small businesses in Nigeria, women hold only 7% of federal legislative seats as of 2024. Women represent half the population but carry distinct constraints around safety, time, finance, and caregiving that remain invisible when policy is shaped by a 93% male legislature. Women Leadership and Governance Inclusion exists to change who sits at the table and what gets decided there. 

Our Impacts

Through these initiatives, women are stepping into leadership roles that are already reshaping outcomes at every level. Nigeria loses an estimated 9-15% of GDP to gender gaps in leadership and labour gaps, which we directly addressed. Where women hold decision-making power, agricultural productivity rises, governance improves, and community resilience strengthens. Higher female representation consistently correlates with lower corruption, better legislation, and faster income growth across the communities we serve.

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Our Goals

  • Increase women in decision-making roles across business, cooperatives, community leadership, and government.
  • Advocate for policy and legislative reforms that remove structural barriers to women’s participation.
  • Train and mentor women leaders with the skills, confidence, and networks to hold and sustain leadership positions
  • Ensure women’s voices shape policy on health, education, land rights, and social protection.
  • Deploy women as peace mediators and community resilience builders in conflict-prone regions.
  • Close the gender gap in labour and leadership, recovering Nigeria’s estimated 9–15% GDP loss tied to women’s exclusion.