The 16 days of activism activities to further engage with the UNiTE Campaign to end violence against women and girls ran from 25th November to the 10th of December. HEIR Women Hub engaged with partners, agencies of government, stakeholders and the citizens to amplify the goal of the campaign as well as achieving her objectives committed to[…]
Welcome to March, This is your chance to go deeper into achieving those dreams. It is too late to give up and it is just the right time to pitch more. Happy new month. Stay positive. #newmonth #weekend #bright #future #hope
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 serves 10 schools in Kenya. Nelly Cheboi grew up in rural Kenya, where she often went hungry and missed school because her single mother couldn’t afford it. Cheboi eventually earned a college scholarship in America, did odd jobs to support her family, and discovered her interest for computer science. Source: Women Power Africa **** There is nothing limiting you from thriving. This inspires us to look beyond our limitations and go for gold. Be encouraged, young woman
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 c Capacity 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 reoccurrence of harassment can not be overemphasized. Regularly, young women encounter a series of harassment in different climes and just a little is done about it. Most of the time, young women who face harassment are being asked to keep quiet and do nothing about it. They make women feel normalcy in such acts[…]
The Communications Officer of HEIR Women Hub, Blessing Sani traveled to Lafia Nasarawa State on the 5th of July 2023 for a spot check on our Enumerator (Hannatu Bala) in Lafia, Nasarawa State for the project titled; Addressing Gender Barriers against Young Women’s Career Development in Nasarawa State. This project is being carried out by[…]
The Chairman of ICPC Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye gave a welcome address. He welcomed everyone present starting from the dignitaries present and others in attendance. Professor Toyin Falola gave a keynote address on the topic and he excellently delivered his presentation. One of the outstanding postulations he made was “Show me one corrupt person and I[…]
1. Global percentage of young women participation in politics is 22.5% 2. African participation of young women in leadership is 23.4% 3. Nigeria’s participation of young women in politics is 6.7% 4. The world gender gap is 63.9% 5. Some causes of the gender gap in female participation in politics include; Sexual Harassment, Gender Discrimination,[…]
Dear woman, here is a story to remind you that you have the power to create your world. Ademola Omolade, a 22-year-old truck driver from Ogbomosho, Oyo State, born in Osun State, has said that she cannot drive a car despite driving trucks. Stating how she began to drive trucks, the young lady noted that[…]
TheNigeriaWeWant is not so far from us but if we keep looking at the wrong places, our vision will only get blurry. In December 2022, the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund, and LEAP Africa with support from Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation Launched a youth-centred grant and HEIR Women Hub was selected as one of the[…]