Nigerian Women Present Their ‘Womanifesto’ To Political Parties​

Recently, different women organisations met in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in a bid to strategise on how best to raise awareness and sensitise political party leaders on the need to take action to address the issue of women’s political powerlessness and under- representation in political party structures and governance.

A major outcome of the meeting is the vision of the Nigerian Women Demand Charter. Past efforts at raising the voice of women including the adoption of the ‘Womanifesto’ by the women’s organisations for increased representation to political parties have not yielded the desired results.

This time, they settled for the need to build the capacity of women within the party under Women in Politics Forum (WIPF) to be able to demand increased participation and accountability through presentation of Charter of Demand to the leadership of parties via Inter-Party Advisory…