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[…]
For some decades now, women have been actively involved in politics although when compared to the participation of men, the turnout of women becomes poor. women globally form about 50% of the world’s population but this hasn’t influenced women’s political representation. Bringing it back to Nigeria, we have a very low turn of women in[…]
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[…]
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains one of the most prevalent and persistent challenges women and girls around the world are confronted with, and this expresses the disparity in power relations between women and men. The underlying root causes for gender-based violence can be difficult to uncover, as it requires us to look beyond what we see[…]
The International Day for Persons with Disabilities was first declared by the United Nations in 1992. The day was create awareness into the issues that hindered the social , economic and political development of persons with disabilities. Also, it was meant to advance their rights and wellbeing. Persons with disabilities usually suffers marginalisation and are[…]
Nations where women are granted access to leadership positions,have experienced rapid development. For instance,Rwanda, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Australia and others. While these nations are expanding, Nigeria is still faced with quite several challenges limiting its development One of the needs of Nigerian women is the desire for inclusion. This cut across every sector of[…]
Rinsola Abiola is the Special Assistant (New Media) to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the founding PRO of the All Progressives Youth Forum, Ag. President of the APC Young Women Forum, and a Youth Representative on the APC’s Board of Trustees. She talks to She Leads Africa contributor, Anuli Ola-Olaniyi, on how young[…]