WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MONDAY 23TH JANUARY 2023

A non governmental organisation, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), has decried funding as a major challenge hampering the women contesting elective positions in Nigeria. The head of Abuja office, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC), Mrs. Emmanuela Azu s...

WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MONDAY 9TH JANUARY 2023

With support from Trust Africa, WARDC had attendees from Ogun, Osun, Oyo and Ekiti states trained at a two-day capacity training on Organisational Development and Strategic Planning in Ikeja, Lagos.

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WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, MONDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2022

WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2022

There has been excitement in the academic community and civic space in Nigeria as a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and human rights lawyer, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, bags the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) award.

WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, MONDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2022

WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, MONDAY 14TH NOVEMBER 2022

The federal government has announced the first-ever national action plan to end gender-based violence in Canada, although many anti-violence experts quickly criticized it for lacking specific commitments to measures that would improve and standardize access to supports for victims.

WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, MONDAY 31ST OCTOBER 2022

WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MONDAY 24TH OCTOBER 2022

Nigeria's two dominant parties, APC and PDP, have less than 6 per cent of their parliamentary candidates as women.  At present, only 7.3 per cent (8 of 109) of Nigeria’s senators are women while only 3.6 per cent (13 of 360) of the members of the House of Representatives are women. Despite the l...