Women

The need for an inter-generational dialogue on lingering and emerging issues, challenges and opportunities to promote gender equality was reiterated when feminist leaders in West Africa convened in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital last week, ENE OSHABA reports. Feminism and feminist ideology have been crucial agents driving women’s rights, gender equality and overall development around the world. In Africa, feminists and feminist Read More

Rising cases of gender-based violence have remained a topic of concern especially for women rights advocates, even as new strategies are being explored towards finding lasting solutions. In this report, ENE OSHABA evaluates implementation of the VAPP Act so far. Last week, Nigeria women commemorated the African Women’s Day, on July 31. The day was used to reflect on progress Read More

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani ( PDP Enugu East) , has  canvassed for more women inclusion in elective and appointive positions in government. He also condemned in strong terms the unabating cases of human trafficking especially against women and the girl child for labour and prostitution . In a statement issued in Abuja Saturday to commemorate Read More

As part of efforts to shore up the number of women in decision making positions the Women in Politics Forum (WIPF), recently, led Nigerian women on an advocacy visit to the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V. Can the traditional institution make a difference? ENE OSHABA asks in this report. The build up to the 2023 general Read More

Globally, women continue to suffer from gender inequality including child and forced marriages, gender-based violence, sexist policies, education backwardness, employment discrimination and worse of all political exclusion at all levels. In this report Ene Oshoba examines efforts as well as challenges towards achieving gender inclusion in Nigeria. Gender equity is widely believed a mean to fast track the achievement of Read More

Last weekend’s governorship election in Osun state that saw an incumbent governor lose at the poll has been described in some quarters as litmus test for 2023 general elections. In this report, ENE OSHABA examines the level of gender mainstreaming in the election and hope it portends for Nigeria women. Over the years the need to give equal opportunities to Read More

Three years after the Disability Bill was signed into law by President Muhammad Buhari Nigerian women living with disability have continued to struggle with some of the issues provided for in the Act, ENE OSHABA writes. In January 2019, President Muhammad Buhari assented to the Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill 2018. The Act prohibits all forms of discrimination Read More

The girl-child is now an endangered species in Nigeria given the rising rate of teenage pregnancies leading to disruption of girl-child education and early marriages, ENE OSHABA reports. Amidst myriads of laws against child marriage domiciled in the Child Rights Act (CRA) which pegged marriage at 18, Rape, teenage and unwanted pregnancies as well as early marriages have become so Read More

The struggle for gender balance in Nigeria has been a herculean task for women especially with the retrogression in achievements. In this report ENE OSHABA examines implication of the election of Nigerian gender expert and activist, Esther Eghobamien-Mshelia, to the UN Committee on Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discriminations Against Women (CEDAW). The term gender is always wrongly Read More

Widows in Nigerian and other African countries suffer varying degrees of cultural discriminatory practices which are harmful to the women and have negative effects on them, their children and society as a whole, ENE OSHABA writes. Mrs. Grace-Suzzy Edeh lost her husband on Christmas Day in 1997 and her life has never remained the same following maltreatment she experienced from her Read More

The need to break every bias hindering the growth and development of women is being advocated to enable Nigeria have full participation of both men and women in nation building, ENE OSHABA writes. Gender equity; concerning resource access and allocation as well as opportunities for social and economic advancement have been prominent items on the agenda of recent international meetings. Read More

The problem of internally displaced persons (IDPs) is one that has continued to hunt Nigeria as a country, especially the FCT despite the administration’s refusal to acknowledge their existence. In this report ENE OSHABA highlights the issue as it affects their survival and government’s inability to alleviate the situation. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) records indicate that there were Read More

Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a US government initiative that supports women entrepreneurs in Kaduna has graduated 30 women trained in entrepreneurship, just as the Kaduna state deputy governor Dr. Hadiza Sabuwa Balaraba has urged them to consider women at grassroots.  Working with ICT Hub, the 30 women were trained on the AWE programme, which centred around a three-month rigorous Read More

As political parties primary elections take centre stage with women striving towards improving their numbers in leadership positions in the forthcoming general elections, ENE OSHABA examines their performance so far. It’s been a beehive of activities with political party primaries taking place across the country. This has been a huge hurdle for women in politics to scale and has been Read More

Dr. Vivian Okoye, a child psychologist and parenting coach, is the founder Vivian Okoye Parenting Academy. In this interview with ENE OSHABA, she x-rays parenting challenges in modern day society and ways of surmounting them. What is the parenting academy all about? At the Vivian Okoye Parenting Academy we help parents heal from their childhood trauma so they can raise Read More

The First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has called on representatives of countries in Nigeria to support active participation of women in politics. Speaking when she hosted female heads of diplomatic missions, United Nation Agencies and wives of ambassadors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Tuesday night, Aisha Buhari also appealed to the diplomats to provide more support to wives Read More

Rashidat Umar Oyinoza is the brain behind Oyinespecial oven-smoked dried fish, which focuses on fish farming and agro-processing. In this piece ENE OSHABA looks at the peculiar struggle by women owned businesses in accessing business loans for expansion. How it started Rashidat Umar Oyinoza said while growing up with her elder sister back then in Kaduna state, she learnt the Read More