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  Gender and information communication technologies in Nigeria: challenges and prospects

  2013

  Despite the emphasis placed on the use of information communication technologies (ICTs) in Nigeria, women are often underrepresented in terms of access and use. Gender differences in ICT use in Nigeria are linked to patterns of discrimination in the society at large, as well as with patterns of power relations within the home.
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  Levelling the field: improving opportunities for women farmers in Africa

  World Bank, 2014

  While agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa forms the backbone of many nations' economies, women are largely locked out of land ownership, access to credit and productive farm inputs, as well as support from extension services.
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  Safe spaces prototyping: a human-centered design approach

  2014

  Emerging from a human-centered project involving 32 girl co-designers in Nigeria, this guidebook for prototyping the establishment of safe spaces for women and girls began by listening to the girls and some of the people in their lives.
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  The role of women and girls in peace initiatives in Nigeria

  Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme, 2013

  Do women and girls participate conflict management activities and peace building initiatives in Nigeria? The aim of this publication is to discuss the ways in which Nigerian women have participated in peace initiatives, and also identify the obstacles that have prevented them from such involvement.
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  Maimuna’s story, Nigeria

  2013

  In this article, Girl Child Concerns, an arm of the organisation, Girls Not Brides, shares this heart-warming testimonial of a young Nigerian girl, Maimuna.
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  Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights: Unfinished Business

  UN Women, 2014

  UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka delivered this opening speech at the first in a series of events to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, outcomes of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women (1995).
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  Hope Chigudu’s thoughts on ‘Riding the Waves of Activist Leadership'

  African Women's Development Fund, 2014

  What’s the point of having a good ‘leader’ if there’s nobody left in the army to fight the struggle?
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  Africa Impact Evaluation Podcast: Economic Empowerment of Young Women in Africa #AfricaBigIdeas

  2014

  How useful are impact evaluations for job training programmes? According to the World Bank, impact evaluations are crucial to figuring out if training programmes work or not; they also help to determine what aspects of training programmes are most relevant to target audiences.
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  Joint submission by LGBTI organisations in Nigeria to the second Universal Periodic Review of Nigeria

  UN Human Rights Council, 2013

  Homosexual behaviour, expression and activities, is still a criminal offence in Nigeria. Law enforcers systematically arrest persons for same-sex sexual activities deemed an ‘unnatural offense’ under Nigerian penal and criminal codes.
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  Unhappily ever after: Slow and uneven progress in the fight against early marriage

  Overseas Development Institute, 2014

  Nearly one-third of girls in developing countries marry before adulthood. Given the developing world’s ‘youth bulge’, this means that in absolute numbers it is likely that more girls are at risk of early marriage now – more than ever before.

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