Gender

Girls endured abduction, sexual slavery and other crimes by Boko Haram. Their escape was often followed by further violations in...

Many health centres in rural Nigerian communities lack adequate personnel and equipment.

One year after its launch, most states have yet to domesticate Nigeria's Women's Economic Empowerment Policy.

Health experts said when menstrual disorders are poorly managed, the health risk can be very dangerous.

The lawmakers also urged the ministry to implement routine checks to ensure continuity, compliance by medical personnel, and sustainability of...

The National Women’s Economic Empowerment Policy was launched in 2023 as a policy guide designed to provide financial inclusion...

The conveners described the International Day of the Boy-child as “an excellent opportunity to showcase the importance of the need...

The three-day training, now in its third edition and supported by the MacArthur Foundation, equipped the selected female journalists with...

The conference is being planned by SheCan Nigeria, a movement for women’s rights.

The minister described the plan to marry off the 100 orphans as “unacceptable” emphasising that a full-scale investigation has commenced...

The institute said the development was worrisome despite the 35 per cent affirmative action.

Realistic reductions in gender inequality could produce a $259 billion larger economy in 2043 than current path forecasts.

Georgina Akunuba, a livestock farmer in Anambra State, is the CEO of Progress Agric Venture. She owns a poultry, a...

Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye says she prefers “sustainable empowerment” of women to organising conferences and...

The report said 39.2 per cent of children (24, 673, 485) are in child labour and 22.9 per cent of...

The 11-year-old girl,who hails from Enugu State, was allegedly molested by her “madam”, an Anambra based lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, who...

The Ministry of Women Affairs has organised a workshop aimed at providing guidelines for the domestication of the WEE policy...

The initiatives seek to enhance gender equality, reduce poverty, and coordinate efforts among development partners to promote women’s rights and...

The move by the Nigerian government and UNESCO is a step toward reducing the over 20 million out of school...

The court held that the prosecution proved the sole charge of defilement against the convict.

"We have been married for eight years," Ms Grema, who escaped with her child, had said. "I first came out...

Out of the 47 gold medals won by the Nigerian contingent, 35 were won by women.

Governor Adeleke said the setting up of the action committee was in line with the decisions reached between the Federal...

Since the ruling, governments at various levels have failed to implement the policy by not meeting the 35 per cent...