BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights

Press Statement on the occasion of the "16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence"

2011-11-25T14:27:00.008+01:00

BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights (BAOBAB) On the occasion of the“16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence” Lagos, Nigeria, November 25 2011Press Statement Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights (BAOBAB) happily welcome you to this Media conversation happening on the first day of the “16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence,” “From Peace in the Home

Concept Note - “16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence” (2011)

2011-11-21T11:55:00.003+01:00

BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights “16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence”November 25th – December 10th 2011 Theme: “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let's Challenge Militarism and End Violence against Women.”Concept NoteGender-based violence is a universal reality existing in all societies regardless of economic status, class, culture or any other diversity. So many

Gender Violence; Women mostly affected - by Theresa Kelubia

2011-11-21T11:20:00.000+01:00

Violence is an act carried out with the intention or perceived intention of physically harming another person. From a gender perspective, it is a violent act perpetrated on women mostly by men because they are women. It has also been pointed out by the society that women are vulnerable to various forms of violent acts for several reasons such as being seen as weaker vessels, being financially

Concept Note for The International Youths Day Online Disscussion Forum

2011-08-12T15:38:00.000+01:00

The International Youth Day was first marked on the 12th of August in the year 2000. It is a day set aside to give opportunity for governments and other organizations to draw attention to issues affecting youth worldwide. Over the years various intervention strategies have been developed and targeted at youth although not all have been very effective. This is partly due to the fact that most

REVIEWING WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION AND PERFORMANCE AT THE 2011 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN NIGERIA. - Favour Omoye Irabor

2011-05-10T13:43:00.002+01:00

Nigeria’s democratic culture is characterized by assassinations, lawlessness, illegalities, rigging, oppression, manipulation, marginalization and violence. Other issues are male dominated party executives, labeling, money politics, and innumerable social, cultural and religious factors. These constitute barriers to women aspiring and contesting for elective positions in Nigeria. In the 2011

Changing the Feminine Face of Poverty in Nigeria: Challenges of Poverty Facing Women and BAOBAB’s Strategic Interventions - by Yewande Okoya

2011-05-05T12:28:00.000+01:00

Seventy percent of those living in absolute poverty in our world - that is starving or on the edge of starvation - are female. All over the world, women and children are the mass of the poor and the poorest of the poor. In Nigeria, as in many other developing countries, the new face of poverty is woman. This has become an economic phenomenon as the gap between women and men caught in the cycle

BAOBAB ICT Training @2011

2011-04-20T11:00:00.000+01:00

Women as Participants in both Leadership and Politics. - BAOBAB's 2011 Calendar (Advocacy tool)

2011-03-28T11:40:00.000+01:00