By Adewale Elisha Adeyanju (INN), Lagos A group of women with disabilities under the aegis of Network of Women with Disabilities (NDW) organized an awareness walk and rally on Thursday…
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NWD Upskills 50 Women And Girls With Disabilities On Self Reliance
Network of Women with Disabilities (NWD) has trained over 50 women and girls with Disabilities in Southern Kaduna for self reliance. The three months training project was funded by Women…
Lois Auta, National Coordinator, APC Women with Disabilities Forum (APC WWDF) has been officially honoured by the All Progressive Congress (APC). The honour was given during a “training the trainers”…
With the 2023 Electoral Act provision for PWDs (clause 54), Cedar Seed Foundation in collaboration with National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Gombe State Chapter organized the workshop to educate…
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NWD tasks Women with Disabilities to commercialize acquired skills productively
…trains 17 PWDs in Kaduna South The Network of Women with Disabilities, in its efforts to empower persons with disabilities with productive skills, has urged women and girls with disabilities…
An NGO, Voice of Disability Initiative (VDI) has called on stakeholders to push for the recognition and realisation of sexual and reproductive healthcare rights of women and girls with disabilities.…
The Network of Women with Disabilities has trained 50 women and girls with disabilities on various vocational skills in four local government areas, Kaduna State. The project was aimed at…
The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) has donated laptops and money to 90 female technicians and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to make them financially independent. Dr Asabe Vilita-Basir, Director…
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2023: Lois Auta Appointed Member, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Women Team
The Action Progressive Congress has nominated and appointed Lois Auta into the Contact and Mobilization Committee of its Women Team for the Presidential Campaign. The appointment was on merit of…
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WWDF Mobilizes Women With Disabilities For APC Gubernatorial Candidate, Uba Sani/Dr Hadiza Balarabe, Others
The Women with Disabilities Forum has mobilizes support of women with disabilities for APC governorship candidate, Senator Uba Sani/Dr. Hadiza Balarabe the deputy Governor of Kaduna State, and for all…
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AWWDI, Others Call For End To All Forms Of Violence Against Women With Disabilities
The Advocacy for Women with Disability Initiative (AWWDI) on 25th August, 2022 hosted dignitaries from different organizations – Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, UNFPA, National Commission of Persons with Disabilities…
Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen has called for better treatment of Women with Disabilities (WWDs) in Nigeria. According to a statement released on Friday by the Federal Ministry of…
Women and girls with disability have called on Ebonyi State Government to, as a matter of urgency, domesticate the National Disability Act. They made the appeal during a three-day training…
By Oswald Agwu Women and girls with disabilities have called on government and other builders of public structures to factor in their convenience in their designs. The call was part…
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Arden & Newton, Ford Foundation report advocates quota system for women with disabilities
Pan African creative agency, Arden and Newton has in its new report, ‘Discrimination Against Women With Disabilities in Resouce-Producing Communities in Nigeria’ advocated a quota system for women with disabilities…