Educating, Liberating Arewa Women a Must for Development – Muazu

EducationGender & EquityEducating, Liberating Arewa Women a Must for Development – Muazu

PilotnewsAugust 14, 2021

ABUJA —  A political analyst, Mohammed Muazu has called for more commitment to educate and liberate women from the North to take up more leadership positions and be involved in decision-making. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Saturday, Muazu who said that he is passionate about women empowerment said that for too long women had been held in shackles and limited from participation. From education to political participation and leadership, he...

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Feminism: Women Questioning Men Position In Marriage Are Demonic – Faith Oyedepo

Gender & EquityReligionFeminism: Women Questioning Men Position In Marriage Are Demonic – Faith Oyedepo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 14, 2021

Faith Oyedepo, the wife of the Senior Pastor of Living Faith Church World Wide, popularly known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said women who question the position of men are demonic. Oyedepo said this on Friday via her verified Facebook page. Her comment came days after a feminist group slammed her husband when he said feminism leads to frustration and devastation David Oyedepo had said during a sermon to his congregation that “you...

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Violence Against Women And Girls…An Epidemic Within A Pandemic Says WACOL Chief

Crime & SecurityGender & EquityViolence Against Women And Girls…An Epidemic Within A Pandemic Says WACOL Chief

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 22, 2021

ENUGU — Professor Joy Ezeilo has associated the increasing rate of sexual and gender-based violence, SGBV, in Nigeria to the patriarchal nature of her society fueled by victims being trapped with their abusers during the covid19 lockdown. Speaking in Enugu during the maiden press week of NOA NUJ chapel, Ezeilo, founder of Women’s Aid Collective, WACOL, called on the secondary school students and other participants present not to feel inferior because of their gender. “In...

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Governor Zulum Set To Assent Child Rights Act Bill

Gender & EquityGovernor Zulum Set To Assent Child Rights Act Bill

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)May 27, 2021

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has announced that the bill to domesticate the Child Rights Act is almost ready for his assent to become a law in the state. He made this known during an interaction with Ms. Ulla Mueller, the Country Representative of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), and Woo Chan Chang, the Country Director of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), who paid him a courtesy visit to Maiduguri on Wednesday. The UNFPA...

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Constitution Review: Northern Women Group Wants Increased Participation of Vulnerables In Governance

Gender & EquityNewsConstitution Review: Northern Women Group Wants Increased Participation of Vulnerables In Governance

PilotnewsMay 27, 2021

KADUNA — A Northern Women group, Jam’iyyar Matan Arewa has called for increased participation of vulnerable especially women and children in governance. The call was made by the president of the group, Hajiya Rabi Saulawa at a two-day North-West zonal public hearing on the proposed amendment of the 1999 constitution in Kaduna. According to her, understanding better what is entailed in gender equity, increased participation of women and vulnerable groups in Governance, then a viable...

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