Tag: International Women’s Day
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International Women’s Day: Reps commit to push for women’s progress
As the world marks the 2018 International Women’s Day, speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has assured Nigerian women of the commitment of the House of Representatives in ensuring that goals targeted at women’s empowerment and inclusion are actualized. In a statement issued to commemorate the 2018 International Women’s Day, the speaker…
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Int’l Women’s Day: First Lady commits N100m to women-owned SMEs
First Lady of Edo state, Mrs Betsy Obaseki, has presented cheques of N50,000 to 2,000 female entrepreneurs who are into small and medium scale enterprises in the state. Mrs Obaseki presented the soft loan cheques during the 2018 International Women’s Day celebration organized by the state’s Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, in collaboration…
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PDP women initiate Dapchi schoolgirls discourse at #IWD2018
Women of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) have joined voices to #PressForProgress calling on the All Progressives Congress (APC) led administration to release the 110 schoolgirls recently kidnapped at Government Girls Science and Technical College, Daptchi, Yobe State. National Women Leader of the PDP, Hajiya Mariya Waziri, made the call in discussions for the release…
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Saraki recommits to pushing for more female participation in econ-political processes
Senate President Bukola Saraki has expressed recommitment to push for more female participation in the economic and political processes of the nation. The Senate President in a statement to mark International Women’s Day 2018 said women who have played and continue to play their part in the development of the country are worth celebrating. “Today,…
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International Women’s Day: Akeredolu’s wife rallies stakeholders against discrimination
The need to continue to work towards effecting change in the social and cultural aspects of inheritance while exploring legislation and policies that will protect female inheritance in Nigeria was one of the issues that took the front burners at the inaugural one-day workshop put together by the Office of the Wife of the Governor…
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Fight for equal rights for women continues – Angela Merkel
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, said that the “fight for equal rights for women continues’’ in spite the progress made so far, in an Instagram post for International Women’s Day. In a video message on Thursday, Merkel said: “many women before us made sacrifices and fought doggedly for women to have more rights. “It is now…
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International Women’s Day: UNFPA advocates increased access to reproductive health rights to women
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday said economic inequalities plaguing much of the world today were reinforced by many other forms of inequalities, including inequality in sexual and reproductive health. Dr Natalia Kanem, the Executive Director, UNFPA, made this known in a statement by Mrs Kori Habib, the Media Advisor, UNFPA Nigeria in Abuja.…
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Int’l Women’s Day: Gov. Bello promises to promote, respect women’s rights
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Thursday said his administration would promote and respect women’s rights to social, economic and political opportunities in the state. Bello made the pledge in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Petra Onyegbule in Lokoja, to mark the 2018 International Women’s Day, with the theme “Press For Progress”. International…
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#IWD2018: UN says 1929 Aba women’s riot noteworthy
The UN Women has recognised the Aba women’s riot of 1929 as a noteworthy women-led demonstration, which ignited the revolution in the defence of women’s rights in Nigeria. “Incensed by their social standing under colonial rule, the Igbo women send palm leaves, similar to today’s Facebook invite , to their fellow sisters across Southeastern Nigeria.…