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The First Lady syndrome and the marginalisation of women from power: opportunities or compromises for gender equality?
Feminist Africa, 2005This article explores the dynamics of marginalising women from political power, and the ways in which “First Ladies” have sought to intervene through their special position as spouses of men in power.DocumentAdolescent Sexuality Education and Women's Visibility: the Linkages from the Girls? Power Initiative Nigeria Experience
BRIDGE, 2005The Girl Power Initiative (GPI) in Nigeria takes girls through a three year sexuality education programme aimed at promoting their personal empowerment, sexual health and leadership skills. This paper incorporates the voices of GPI girls, GPI graduates, their parents and community members to demonstrate the impact of sex education on girls in Nigeria.DocumentJustice for Nigeria: why the UK should return Nigeria’s £1.7 billion to fight poverty
Oxfam, 2006This briefing paper from seven organisations, including Oxfam and ActionAid, is an endightment of the richest countries’ requirement that Nigeria pay back $12.4 billion of its national debt, in order to have the remaining $18 billion debt written off.DocumentPromotion of Sexual Rights in Africa: Lessons from the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre Initiative
BRIDGE, 2005This power-point presentation examines the challenges and rewards of using a rights-based approach to promote healthy, responsible and pleasurable sexuality in Africa. It draws on the ongoing work of the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC), which is funded by the Ford Foundation as part of a worldwide initiative - ?Global Dialogue on Sexual Health and Well-being?.DocumentPrivate returns to higher education in Nigeria
African Economic Research Consortium, 2004Education plays an important role in the creation and improvement of human capital, which is in turn essential for economic growth and development.DocumentProtecting children during emergencies in Nigeria: a toolkit for trainers
Save the Children Fund, 2005This training kit is based on learning from a series of training courses developed for NGO and government agency staff on child protection in emergencies in Nigeria.DocumentCut out the waste says WaterAid report
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004The Decade for Water in the 1980s failed to secure water and sanitation for all. Today the performance of the water sector remains grossly inadequate: more than a billion people have no access to safe water and 2.6 billion have inadequate sanitation. This failure undermines development, and denies people a basic human right.DocumentPaying its way: can tourism generate funds for protected areas?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004Tourism is continuing to grow rapidly. Regions in developing countries with high levels of biodiversity are seeing the greatest growth. Protected areas are increasingly attractive to tourists and some conservation areas, traditionally supported by government funding, are raising significant income through tourism.DocumentPrivate education is good for poor people in Africa and Asia
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004The accepted wisdom says that, to achieve universal basic education, massive amounts of aid need to be invested in public education systems: the Commission for Africa recommends an additional $7 to $8 billion per year.DocumentMigrants lack information on UK banks’ remittance services
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004Money sent by migrants to their families is the second largest financial flow to the developing world, after foreign direct investment. However, there is little information on remittance products and services available to migrants. A new project ‘Sending Money Home?’ based in the UK, aims to fill this gap and make money transfers easier for those on a low income.Pages