In commemoration of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), a faith- based non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Rose of Sharon Foundation (RoSF), has tasked government at all levels to include women in all government positions without bias. The foundation’s National Coordinator, Oloruntosin Taiwo, gave this charge at an outreach and sensitisation of Sabo Market women and widows in Ikorodu, Lagos with the theme, ‘Inspire…

The World Bank says urgent action is needed to accelerate gender equality and equal opportunity for all.

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Declining fertility rates, driven by improved education, empowerment, gender equality, family planning and other shifting social norms, reshaping the world’s demographics while promising environmental benefits, pose challenges, making access to fertility care a policy consideration.

The Director of Research and Development at Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Prof Godwin Okon, has urged the Federal Government to implement policies that promote gender equality, especially the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG- 5), which stipulates 40 per cent participation of women in decision making.

The Federal Government in collaboration with development partners Friday, launched the National Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) Policy with an action plan to address policy gaps and catalyze multi-sectoral partnerships to drive women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in the country. The government also unveiled the Country Gender Equality Profile, the Development Partners Group on Gender…