6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1661+ words) Pregnant woman using a glucometer. Source: iStock When Nkiruka Okoro was seven years old, she got news that shook her to the core. The memory of that day, February 22, 1988, has clung to her like a second skin. A few weeks…...

2+ week, 18+ hour ago   (443+ words) Christian women have been urged to embrace godly character, strength, dignity and integrity in their homes, churches and communities. The President of the Women and Girls’ Organisation, Diocese of Lagos West, Anglican Communion, Dr Lydia Odedeji, gave the charge while…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (879+ words) Stakeholders have called for stronger investment in girl-child empowerment and education, saying it is critical to leadership development, national growth and the prevention of human trafficking and other forms of exploitation. The calls were made in Abuja at the graduation…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (439+ words) LEAP Africa has concluded the fifth cohort of its Leadership Accelerator Programme for Young African Women with its first physical boot camp held in Nairobi, Kenya. A statement from the organisers stated that the programme attracted over 4,500 women from 48 African…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (725+ words) Young women who got married as teenagers between the ages of 13 and 16 in Tashan Kangele community, Maiduguri, Borno State, have appealed to the government to expand access to education to enable them to redefine their future aspirations and contribute more…...