Tag: Women
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Women politicians strategise for more positions
Women politicians across the three dominant political parties in Osun and Ekiti states have kick started their strategies,weaved around a massive grassroots campaign, to ensure they get more positions both in their respective parties and government. “Our vision is to start from the ward congresses and fight our way up. We are going to use…
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Saraki celebrates women on International Women’s Day
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Thursday, joined world leaders and people around the world to commemorate the International Women’s Day 2018. In a series of tweets on his @BukolaSaraki handle, the Senate President emphasized the role and significance of women in both the development of Nigeria, and the world. “Today, on…
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IWD: France will ‘name, shame’ firms who pay women less – Macron
France will “name and shame” employers who pay women less than men, President Emmanuel Macron said in comments marking International Women’s Day on Thursday. “We are going to put in place a system that will allow us to name the businesses where the law is least respected and where checks show the greatest salary gaps,”…
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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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Women have less access, take low-quality jobs – ILO report
In spite of notable progress on closing gender gaps over the past 20 years, women have less access to jobs, the World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends for Women 2018 Global snapshot, said. The report, released for the 2018 International Women’s Day, authored by the UN International Labour Organisation (ILO), said women were more likely…
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Women critical in advancement of technology – NGO
Dr Wummi Hassan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), High-Tech Centre for Nigerian Women and Youth, an (NGO), on Tuesday said women had a critical role to play in the advancement of technology in the country. Hassan said this in Abuja at the Nigeria Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Summit tagged “NigFiSTEM’’ billed to end on…
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2019: APC women writes Buhari, say ‘You have abandoned us’
The All Progressives Congress (APC) women wing, under the auspices the Concerned Women of All Progressives Congress (aka Caucus of Likeminds), have written to President Muhammadu Buhari, complaining of marginalisation of women by the current government, especially those who worked for the party’s success. In an open letter to the President by conveners of the…
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Christmas tragedy! 11 women conveying bride die in auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano state on Sunday confirmed that 11 women died in a ghastly auto crash in Kano metropolis on Saturday night. FRSC Public Relations Officer, Mr Kabir Ibrahim-Daura told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that the incident occurred around 8.30 p.m. at the old tollgate near…