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[…]
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 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
In 2022, we rounded off a project on Career Barriers and Workplace Sexual Harassment against Young Women in the Federal Capital Territory where we engaged about 1060 young women from private, public, and development sectors. From our findings, it was obvious that more work needs to be done to conquer the many barriers women face[…]
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[…]
Currently in Nigeria, we have less than 10% of women representation in politics which is very poor. HEIR Women Hub is an impact-driven organization that is aimed at building women to take on more leadership positions in Nigeria. <img src="https://heir.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_20230131_090810_367.jpg" alt="" width="1" height="1" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1550" We won't let the figure deter us, we will[…]
#TheNigeriaWeWant will not be complete without engaging women to take on core roles in leadership and governance. The Leadership and civic knowledge enhancement project for young women in the FCT organized by HEIR Women Hub and made possible by Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF) and implemented by LEAP Africa with Funding from Ford Foundation and[…]
Tomorrow, Wednesday 25th January 2023, HEIR Women Hub will be hosting a Leadership and Civic Responsibility training for young women between the ages of 18-35 years. It promises to be an inclusive session of learning, unlearning and relearning as professionals in different fields take us through different educative sessions. From Nationalism to strategic positioning and[…]
Towards the end of 2022, HEIR Women Hub was privileged to be one of the beneficiaries of the Nigerian Youth Futures Fund (NYFF) Grant. With over 3000 applications across the nation, our proposal was considered for such a great opportunity. In this light, HEIR Women Hub will be hosting a Leadership and Civic Knowledge Enhancement[…]
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[…]