Women

This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has so far disbursed $1 billion to women-led enterprises as part of the bank’s efforts to bridge the financing gap among women entrepreneurs.…

Musa Na Allah, Sokoto According to experts, Family Planning is a method or system of birth control aimed at reducing rates of unintended pregnancies and helping reduce HIV transmission from…

According to senior United Nations (UN) officials, over 600 million women and girls are currently impacted by conflict, a 50% increase from ten years ago, and they worry that the…

First City Monument Bank (FCMB), a leading financial institution in Nigeria, has launched the Fempreneur Accelerator programme as part of its SheVentures initiative. This programme aims to enhance both financial…

Neptune Prime Media House, in collaboration with the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, hosted a critical symposium at Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri. The symposium aimed to draw…

Katsina State Government has engaged the services of women farmers and school children to fight desertification, drought and climate change across the 34 local government areas of the state. The…

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has expressed reasons for ensuring that all the 21 local governments should be women to unlock the potential of the girl child for the…

The startlingly high rates of violence against women in South Africa have drawn attention once again in the wake of Chris Brown’s upcoming concert, which supporters claim sends the wrong…

Muhammad Garba There was a mixed reaction over the importance of family planning among the women and communities in Jigawa state as the world celebrates World Contraceptive Day (WCD) 2024.…