A pro-democracy activist and former senator, Shehu Sani, says Nigeria needs radical electoral reforms if more women will be voted into political offices. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the Eight Senate, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, the present political…
Sen Ireti Kingibe, representing the FCT, and Prof. Kaletapwa George-Farauta, Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, have been named among Nigeria’s 100 Most Influential Women ahead of the 2025 International Women’s Day (IWD). The announcement was made in Abuja by Gender Perspectives in Development, a gender-focused non-governmental organisation, in collaboration with Profiles & Biographies, a leading…
The Commandant, National Defence College (NDC), Rear Adm. Oluwuyiwa Olotu, has emphasised the need for inclusive security measures to protect vulnerable groups, particularly women and children during armed conflicts. Olotu made the call in Abuja on Monday, at the opening of training for gender focal officers in the security sector, organised by the NDC Center…
First Lady, Sen Oluremi Tinubu, has pledged her commitment to more investment in advocacy, resource mobilisation and fostering of partnerships to close the gender gap and boost women and youth empowerment in Nigeria. Tinubu made the pledge on Sunday while addressing the 29th General Assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD)…
FIFPro is calling for mandatory four-week off-season breaks and two-week in-season breaks to safeguard players from the risks of overload following a new study into the fragmented football calendar, as some players are participating in nearly double the average number of matches. The players union’s new study, entitled “From High-Usage to Underload: A Tale of…
Prize money for the 2025 Women’s European Championship will more than double compared to the previous edition, with the 16 teams sharing €41 million ($43m), UEFA said. Each federation will get a minimum of €1.8m for playing at Euro 2025 in Switzerland and is obliged to share at least 30% of the money among the…
Vice-President of ECOWAS Commission, Damtien Tchintchibidja, says about two million West/Central African women and girls have benefited from Sub-Saharan Africa Women’s Empowerment Demographic Dividend plus (SWEDD) project in 10 years. Tchintchibidja made this known while officially inaugurating a new phase of the project tagged: SWEDD+, on Monday, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
The UN says policies and programmes addressing the root causes of violence against women and girls must be actively promoted in the strive toward gender equality. President, UN General Assembly, Philemon Yang, said discriminatory laws and social norms must end, adding that robust legal frameworks and policies to fully uphold gender equality and women’s rights…
Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2023, with 60 per cent of the homicides committed by intimate partners or other family members, UN Women has said. In a statement on Monday, UN Women said that 140 women and girls died daily in the hands of their partners or close relatives. This means…
A new analysis by the the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) released on Tuesday has shown that cases of domestic violence against women has risen in Germany in 2023. According to the agency, a total of 180,715 women reported being victims of domestic violence during 2023, an increase of 5.6 per cent over the year…
