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…
Women with Disabilities
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…
Women with Disabilities
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…
Women with Disabilities
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…
Women with Disabilities
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…
Perez Tigidam Arden and Newton Limited, through its social responsibility arm, The Good Partner, with funding support of one of the world’s largest donor organisations, Ford Foundation, has premiered its…
Women and girls with disabilities are subjected to multiple layers of discrimination. Based on their gender and disability status they often face “double discrimination”. The United Nations estimates that 75…
Women with Disabilities
Drug Trafficking: NDLEA Arrests Wheelchair User, Kasarachi Onumajuru, Others At Lagos, Abuja Airports
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted attempts by drug cartels to break through the security at Nigeria’s main…
Women with Disabilities
Stakeholders Urge Inclusiveness of women with Disability in Menstrual Health Management
Mrs Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs and Tabitha Cumi Foundation (TCF), an NGO have called for inclusion of women and girls with disability in menstrual health and hygiene management…
By Popoola Yaqoub The Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi has charged Women with Disabilities to always prepare to ward off any incursion from those she described as…