Despite making up nearly half of the country’s population, most women in Nigeria are still excluded from political decision-making, economic opportunities and social privileges. TOBA AGBOOLA reports.

Nigeria's Federal Government, AfDB, and UN Women launch the 2030 Gender Equality Roadmap to address disparities and unlock ...

Feminist perspectives on gender equality and development encompass a rich array of theoretical and practical approaches that seek to transform power relations, redistribute resources and amplify ...

Gender inequality isn’t just unfair — it’s also a drag on the world economy. Giving women the same economic opportunities as men would add about US$12 trillion to global gross domestic product by 2025 ...

Last week Australia released its new international development policy. With Australia situated in a mostly developing neighborhood, the policy is one of the central arms of its regional foreign policy ...

What: First Africa Gender and Child Statistics Forum (AGCSF 2026)Who: The African Development Bank Group, the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), ...

12 September - On 15 September 2025, UN Women and UN DESA will launch the Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2025, the latest edition in an annual series. Covering all ...

Improving the status of women and girls strengthens economies, democracies, and societies across the board. That’s why I made gender equity a cornerstone of my Administration by creating the White ...

UN Women, UNHCR, UNICEF, the Permanent Mission of Tunisia and the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights co-hosted a side event during the 2018 High Level Political Forum on Sustainable ...

Gender Equality as a human right and a development goal is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights and in the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ...