Thursday, February 6, 2025 | Access to Justice, Civic Space Strengthening, Sheroes, Women’s Rights
Women with Disabilities have condemned the abject neglect, abuse and exclusion they have been facing in Nigeria. Participants from four (4) Northwest states – Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto – and FCT asserted at a townhall meeting themed “Promoting Inclusion for Women...
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | Sheroes
Hajia Asma’u Joda Hajia Joda is a feminist and a human rights activist based in Yola, Adamawa State in north-eastern Nigeria. She is the founder of the Centre for Women and Adolescent Empowerment, an organization that works with the community to empower women and...
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | Sheroes
Aisha Bakari Gombi Aisha Bakari Gombi, 38, was born and raised near the Sambisa forest, the headquarters of Boko Haram. She is one of the few women who have been recruited by Nigerian soldiers as a volunteer to fight the terrorist group. Aisha Bakari Gombi has...
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | Sheroes
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was born in Abeokuta, in present-day Ogun State, Nigeria. She was one of the first women to attend Abeokuta Grammar School in 1914, where she later taught. Soon after her education in the United Kingdom and her...
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | Sheroes
Gambo Sawaba Born in Zaria, Kaduna state to Fatima (Nupe) and Isa Amarteifo (a Ghanaian), Gambo Sawaba was a Nigerian politician and activist and was well known for her charitable causes, especially for fighting for the liberation of northern women. Hajia Sawaba began...
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | Sheroes, Women’s Rights
On the eve of September 30, 1960, Nigerians were ecstatic! The long years of negotiations, awakening of national consciousness, and the various carefully orchestrated revolts had finally yielded results. The dawn of the new day portended the promise of a new identity,...
