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[…]
The importance of using one’s voice as a tool to impact positive knowledge and proffer inclusive and sustainable solutions is always top of my agenda. Now, there are so many conversations happening all at the same time and all of these different, varying, and critical conversations are all constituted to reduce and erase the challenges[…]
A Report of Activities During the 16 Days Of Activism Conducted by HEIR Women Hub in 2022 Every 25th of November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 10th of December is Human Rights Day. This movement was initiated by activists at the induction of the Women’s Global Leadership[…]
Modupe Adetiba, the president of Nigeria Female Student Association of Nigeria (NFSAN) was our second guest during the 16 days of activism live sessions hosted by HEIR Women Hub. The topic for discussion was; Sexism and Politics: Its effect on Political Representation of women in Nigeria. Miss Adetiba is a strong youth activist who continuously[…]
The first conversation we had amid the 16 days of activism was with Lois Aderemose, she is a mental health and gender-based advocate with a focus on advocating against Female Genital Mutilation which is a global threat to women and girls. She revealed that there are around 200 million women globally who have had their[…]
The 16 days of activism wouldn’t have been successful without you all. We are short of words for all the support we got over the last 16 days. We appreciate all our guests who contributed massively during all our live sessions. To everyone who took out time to follow our conversation, we want to say[…]
HEIR Women Development shared the findings from her self investigative research at the validation meeting held in Abuja yesterday 26th January 2022. The research is one of the activities under the project; Career Barriers and Workplace Sexual Harassment against Young Women in the FCT with support from Ford Foundation. This is lauded by Ford Foundation[…]
Sexual Harassment – A career barrier factor affecting young women’s career journey. Is it an issue? Please join us to complete this survey to underscore the rate of prevalence. Kindly click on the link to participate in the survey: https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/bBfdfgSu
CHANGE! It is a constant phenomenon, inevitable and progressive in nature and can elude you or leave you behind. Experts have studied change and it’s impact on many areas and find that it is ideal and wise to keep oneself aware of the changing world. You may remember when the smart phone wasn’t this smart[…]
Engr. Ekemini is an Electrical Engineer with 5 years career experience in electrical project designs and supervision. Ekemini is passionate about women enlightenment especially in the engineering sector where few women practice in Nigeria despite the interventions to address gender gap and believes that women if accorded the opportunity will contribute immensely to the growth[…]