Profile Of Mrs (Pharm) Uzamat Akinibile
Pharm (Mrs) Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, has before now, carved a niche for herself in developing and alleviating poverty at the grassroots. As Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Lagos Youth, senior and aged citizens, beggars/destitute and people living with disabilities (PWDs), have reason to smile as helmsman who understands their plights and sufferings is in charge […]
Profile of Adejoke Victoria Orelope-Adefulire
Victoria Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire was born on September 29, 1959, in Lagos state. She is a Nigerian politician. She was the former Deputy-Governor of Lagos State from 2011-2015. Prior to that, she was the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation 2003-2011. Orelope-Adefulire is popularly called ‘Iya Alanu’ (cheerful giver). In 2007 she was awarded the International Public […]
Profile of Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule
Dr Idiat Oluranti Adebule was born in Ojo Alaworo in Ojo local government area of Lagos State. Dr Adebule is a writer, Educationist, and a politician. She began her working career as an academic at Lagos State College of Primary Education (LACOPED), Noforija, Epe as a lecturer in the department of Religious Studies and later […]
Profile of Prof. Chioma Agomo
Professor Chioma Agomo obtained an LL.B. and LL.M. from the Queen Mary College, University of London and was subsequently admitted to practice law at the Nigerian Bar. She is currently a professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Nigeria where she has also served as Dean of the Faculty. Her areas of specialisation […]
Profile of Chief Onikepo Akande
The transformative leader for the month of March is Chief Onikepo Akande. She is the current president of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, she assumed office on December 5, 2015. Born October 29 1944, she studied accountancy at the University of North London from 1965 to 1968. Dr Akande also attended Postgraduate programme […]
WOMEN’S MARCH ON THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2017
International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women’s achievements throughout history and across nations. To celebrate the day, WARDC and other women groups will be having a March in Lagos to push for women’s issues in the state. The theme for the 2017, International Women’s Day is “Be Bold for Change”. […]
Profile of Princess Adefunmilayo Tejuosho
The transformative leader for the month of February is PRINCESS ADEFUNMILAYO TEJUOSO (Member Lagos State House of Assembly, representing Mushin Constituency 1). Born in Lagos State to the family of Ademola Smith. She had her primary education at University of Lagos Staff School, Akoka, and Queens College Lagos and completed her secondary education in West Virginia. […]
Profile of Olatokunbo Ajala Ekundayo
Transformative Leader for the month of January is Mrs. Olatokunbo Ajala Ekundayo. Mrs. Olatokunbo Ajala Ekundayo is presently the deputy executive secretary of Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area. She attended the Oriwu Model College and proceeded to the University of Hull, North Humberside, the United Kingdom where she obtained a Bachelors degree in […]
Profile of Chief Kemi Nelson
Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson is the APC South West Zonal woman leader. Born February 9, 1956 to the illustrious Tinubu-Meredith/Laja families, Kemi Nelson, is the former Lagos State Commissioner for Establishments, Training and Job Creation had her primary school at Anglican Girls Primary School Surulere, and Anglican Girls Grammar School, Ijebu Ode. She taught briefly […]
WARDC commiserates with the family of Asogwa
WARDC commiserates with the family of Asogwa, over the death of Lady Claire Asogwa who was an active cluster member in Enugu under the Women Lead Agric Project.
Profile of Dr. Keziah Awosika
KEZIAH AWOSIKA is a Nigerian Research Economist specializing in the area of money and banking, macro-economic issues and economics of development. She studied at St. Hilda’s and St. Anne’s Colleges, and obtained her PhD Degree in Oxford University. She has written many articles which have been published in local and international journals. She is currently […]
PROFILE PRINCESS ADEBISI SARAH SOSAN OFR.
Princess Adebisi Sarah Sosan OFR was born in Lagos on the 11th of February, 1956 to the family of Chief and Princess Durosinmi of Irewe town in Ojo Local Government Area, Badagry division. She had her primary, secondary and tertiary education in Lagos State earning a Bachelors’ Degree in English (Education) in 1988 and a Master’s Degree in Adult Education in 1989. […]
2016 YOUNG WOMEN’s ANNUAL LEADERSHIP RETREAT
Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) is a non-profit civil rights organization established in the year 2000 to promote respect for Human Rights, Gender Equality, Equity, Rule of Law, Accountability and Social Justice in Nigeria. As part of support from voices for change/UK Aid, WARDC is organizing a retreat for female students across five […]
Nigeria: No Going Back On Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill – Activists
There is no going back in efforts to actualize the set objectives of the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill which was recently rejected at the Senate, some gender activists have vowed. They restated their commitment to re-introduce the bill in no distant time, arguing that the level of women participation and representation in the affairs […]
Edo House of Assembly swears in first female Speaker
History was made at the Edo State House of Assembly on Monday, May 9, following the swearing-in of the first female Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Ativie. Her emergence as Speaker followed the impeachment of the former Speaker of the House, Hon. Victor Edoror and his Deputy, Bright Osayande, last Tuesday over alleged […]
UNIBEN SWEARS-IN FEMALE SUG PRESIDENT
The University of Benin recently sworn-in a new set of executive members of the Students’ Union Government headed by a female, Miss Lauretta Obakpolo. She is a 400 level student of Pharmacy. The courageous, captivating, and charismatic Lauretta won five other contestants to emerge the winner of the polls. Miss Obakpolo who against all odds […]
Man Who Allegedly Beat His Wife To Death Arrested In Lagos
The Lagos Police Command has arrested Mr Lekan Shonde for allegedly killing his wife in the Egbeda area of the state. Mr. Lekan, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State, said his wife of eight years changed after she allegedly started dating the general manager of a publishing company. The Punch had […]
Students Demand Justice For Battered Female By Soldiers Over Non Payment Of Fees
The National Association of Ogun State Students has called for a thorough investigation into the incident that led to the assault of their female colleague, Ms. Folashade Leshi. Leshi, a student of the Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, was reportedly battered by two soldiers attached to the polytechnic on April 18. The Punch […]
FACTS ABOUT THE GENDER AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES BILL
Gender and Equal Opportunity (GEO) Bill is a direct response to the concerns on the delays in the domestication of gender focused international treaties/conventions particularly CEDAW and the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa. It incorporates certain aspects of CEDAW, the African Union Protocol on the Rights of Women and the […]
Nigerian Government & Violence Against Women – What Happens When The Perpetrator Is A Policeman – And The State Fails To Ensure Justice?
Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre (WARDC); & the Institute for Human Rights & Development in Africa (IHRDA) have sued the Nigerian government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on behalf of a Mary Sunday 30 years, who was a victim of domestic assault by a Police Corporal.