CAPACITY BUILDING FOR WOMEN.

Capacity building is the improvement in an individual’s or organization’s facility “to produce, perform, or deploy. Wikipedia) United Nations defines cCapacity building is the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes, and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing world. The world keeps evolving and[…]

Research Findings

99% of the men we engaged last year agreed that perpetrators of workplace Sexual harassment should be punished. 93.5% of these men also believe that harassment affects the productivity of young women in the workplace. 79.5% of these men do not know any laws that are against workplace sexual harassment. All these and more were[…]

Personality of the Week

She is Nelly Cheboi, a stunning CNN Hero of the Year 2022 who resigned her software engineering job in the United States to build computer laboratories for poor rural schoolchildren in Africa. She is the Founder and CEO of TechLit Africa, an organization that creates computer laboratories in rural classrooms using refurbished computers and now[…]

Respectful Workplace Week 2023

This week marks the Respectful Workplace week. A lot of things contribute to having a respective work environment in government, private, development, and informal workspaces. Over the years, gender biases in workspaces have been evident. HEIR Women Hub has had several research projects that have shown in recent times that the biases against young women[…]

Reactions to Sexual Harassment at Workplace

Victim blaming is very detrimental to the sanity of Sexual Harassment survivors. This has made a lot of young women hide cases of harassment because of the reactions they would get when they speak up. From our research on Addressing Gender Barriers against Young Women’s Career Development in Nasarawa State. This project is supported by[…]

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to these beautiful, intelligent and smart young ladies for successfully competing a 3 day webinar organized by HEIR Women Hub to mark her 7th Anniversary. 3 from this list would be selected for internship or business support from HEIR Women Hub. Congratulations once again. HEIRWOMAN #anniversary #internship #women #womenfocus #womenandgirls #givingback #congratulations #certificates

Research Findings

We kickstarted a project in May with the support of the Nigerian Women Trust Fund to check the: PREVALENCE AND DIMENSIONS OF GENDER-BASED BARRIERS MILITATING AGAINST YOUNG WOMEN’S CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN NASARAWA STATE. After the first phase, a validation meeting was held on the 17th of August 2023 and our researcher, Dr. Obianuju Nnadozie expounded[…]

Happy 7th Anniversary

Today we celebrate: 7 years of consistency7 years of growth7 years of impact7 years of learning7 years of wonders7 years of beautiful partnerships7 years of progress7 years of development We are grateful to you all our partners and supporters. We wouldn’t have come this far without your support. Happy Anniversary HEIR Women Hub