Gender

Samantha Okoligbo, a young farmer, speaks about her struggles as a woman in the agricultural sector in Nigeria.

The group noted that the polls were mostly peaceful in all the states where observation took place except in Lagos,...

Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeks to become the first woman to be elected state...

The next Assembly will be the first time that the Kogi House of Assembly will have two female lawmakers.

Aishatu Dahiru. popularly called Binani, is the only female governorship candidate of the ruling APC and is considered the main...

Ms Oduala is the only African to be selected via a keenly competitive process involving more than 9,000 applicants.

Only three women out of the 101 confirmed senators-elect are female, a reduction from the current crop of eight women.

Despite excelling in the private sector, Nigerian women are underrepresented in elective offices.

“Since 2011, the number of women who have emerged as elected representatives has been on a decline.”

Nigeria’s top three presidential hopefuls have made various promises on tackling the country’s gender-based violence crisis during their campaigns. As...

The Emir of Kano played host to the wife of a presidential candidate.

The dialogue, according to the organisers, is to sensitise national and subnational stakeholders on the importance of the WEE M&E...

Hope Manzawet is a student at the University of Abuja studying Agricultural Science. She also owns a fish farm in...

With an estimated 20 million survivors, Nigeria has the third-highest number of women and girls who have undergone FGM worldwide

Online violence against female politicians manifests in different forms such as cyber trolling, name calling, manipulation of their pictures and...

My first crops were cucumbers and okra which is one of my favourites.

"With the increased demographics of Nigerian women and youths, I stand better chance of winning the people’s mandates against other...

Women scavengers in Lagos say they are in their "dirty work" as a means of survival but experts say with...

As Boko Haram enforces a ban on education for children, boys are being forced into an extremist army and girls...

The group has called for an end to various cultural stereotypes plaguing women in Nigeria, including those interested in politics.

Many Nigerian women are having to quit their jobs or remain unpaid to achieve exclusive breastfeeding for their babies.

Despite being at the forefront of local adaptation strategies, women are ignored in most climate actions.

The report is the third in a series of missing perspective reports which were independently produced and commissioned by the...

The UN says there can’t be sustainable development and peace when women “are not sitting at the tables.”