Domestic violence is a pervasive and distressing issue that affects millions of women worldwide. Sadly, many of these women find themselves trapped in abusive relationships, enduring physical, emotional, or psychological harm. There are various reasons why some women may continue to stay in abusive relationships,...
Women Initiative for Leadership Strategy & Innovation in Africa (Women Africa) is joining girls around the world to mark the International Girls in ICT Day and calls on the need for more girls and women to be involved in the ICT sector. 28 April, International...
Women Initiative for leadership strategy and innovation in Africa (Women Africa) joins the global community in celebrating international women’s day a day for world citizens to shine a spotlight on gender equity issues that impede global development, and how they can be eliminated. The 2022...
As part of efforts to contribute to improving access to justice for women and girls in Nigeria and in particular victims/survivors of sexual violence, this one-day stakeholder meeting was organized on Dec. 15th, 2020, to rally critical stakeholders in Bwari Area Council, FCT, and sensitize...
By Melody R.K Frempong The term Glass Ceiling is metaphorically used to represent invisible or unidentified barriers that keep or prevents people for example minorities (women etc) from advancing beyond highly esteemed levels in a hierarchy. Everyone can experience Glass Ceiling at the workplace, at any...
What is Sexual and Gender Based Violence? Gender-Based Violence (GBV), sometimes also referred to as Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) is any harmful act of sexual, physical, psychological, mental, and emotional abuse that is perpetrated against a person’s will and that is based on socially ascribed...
Gender disparities in the form of pay gaps, uneven opportunities for advancement, and unbalanced representation in important decision-making persist across the world, despite various efforts at both local and international levels to attain women’s equal access to leadership. Women are faced with greater barriers than men...