•As advocacy group lauds him on job creation, welfare of PWDs By Igbonaka Chukwu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has given executive backing for the domestication of the Nigerian…
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Telling stories of rejection, stigmatization, hostility, PWDs demand adequate treatment
To achieve an increased strategic awareness of the barriers experienced by female SGBV survivors living with disabilities, the Women’s Rights and Health Project, WRAHP recently organized a panel session among…
ActionAid Nigeria has empowered no fewer than 30,000 women, children, farmers and Persons Living With Disabilities through its Local Rights Programme (LRP) in Kogi State. At the Kogi LRP and…
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2023: ADC offers 35% allocation to youths, women, PWDs, sponsors 300 Nigerian youths
The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Tuesday, said it has given 35% allocation to youths, women and persons with disabilities for party, elective and appointive positions in the 2023 general…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday moved to investigate the causes of deaths and permanent disability resulting from negligence of medical practitioners in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a…
Youths, with the growing trend of societal ills, particularly in grassroots communities, have been contributing their quota to the development of the country. They have adopted the ideology of giving…
The federal government and all stakeholders in the education sector have been urged to show more committment to the education of Persons With Disabilities (PWD’s) by ensuring that they acquire…
Women with disabilities in Edo State have raised concern that men are not willing to marry them because of their conditions. The women, under the women’s wing of the Joint…
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2023: We have 214 positions for persons with disabilities in Abia, says ADC Chairman
The Chairman, African Democratic Congress (ADC), in Abia, Don Norman says the party has allotted 214 positions to persons with disabilities (PWD), for the 2023 elections in the state. Obinna…
NOA, Dr. Garba Abari The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged students of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) School for the Deaf, Kuje Area Council, not to use illicit drugs…
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Collaboration For Inclusion: NDW, Actionaid And Canada Train Project Staff, School Management On Inclusive Education Policy
In its unwavering commitment to the cause of inclusion, The Network For Disabled Women, NDW, in collaboration with Actionaid and Canada has undertaken a special training on inclusive education policy…
The Network For Disabled Women, with support from Actionaid and Canada recently trained some NDW-Project staff and teachers from selected schools on the rudiments and requisite skills for establishing Girls’…
Mohammed Abba Isa has commended the Action Progressive Congress (APC) for the renewed mandate to continue in office as Zonal Disability Leader representing Northeast Nigeria. The APC, Abba described as…
The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has reaffirmed that access to Justice by Persons with Disabilities can no longer be denied. Lalu made this…
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2023 Budget: Group Makes Case For Agro-women, Women With Disabilities In South-West States
The need to have an Agro-women budget allocation lined up in the 2023 budget of all Southwestern States in Nigeria has again been stressed. This was part of resolutions made…