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February 24 Our ambassadors did it again! You read and discussed George S. Clason’s ‘The Richest Man in Babylon\’. We are all proud of you. A few public affairs analysts and educationists would argue unrelentingly, that poverty, corruption, poor reading environment, lack of reading books and paying attention to frivolities; and dearth of libraries have […]

February 1 February 4 New Employee Announcement The AfriWomen is pleased to announce that BukolaLamikanra and ArinolaOlushola will be joining us from February 14. Bukola will be joining us as our Administrator and Arinola as our fundraising officer. Arinola has a masters degree from the University of Ibadan in Peace and Strategic Studies. She has

January 6,2022 In November 2021, the AfriWomen purchased A wide selection of books including early year range of novels, adults novels, literacy, numeracy, dictionary and history books for A  mini mobile library to serve her Adult Literacy Centres. The mobile library was received with open excitement at the centres. In January, when our centres went

January 5 2022 The AfriWomen for Entrepreneurship Initiative recorded a lot of successes in 2021. Many of the NGO’s targets for her programmes were exceeded and/or achieved under record time. The founder and CEO of the AfriWomen, Adebukola Oso in a short interview where she was asked to reflect on 2021’s performances of the organisation,

February 7, 2023 The AfriWomen held her second networking event for her members and grassroot beneficiaries from her major literacy and skills centres across the Ibadan metropolis. The focus of this networking lunch was on the current hardship caused by the new Naira, how to build resilience, survive and reflect on how to actively vote

The southern and eastern regions of Nigeria gained their voting rights in 1954. Women in the northern region of Nigeria earned their right to vote in 1979. Nigerian women have been active politically since then. However, Nigerian women remain marginalized in political party leadership and appointive positions at all levels of governance. Women in Nigeria

February 19, 2023. The AfriWomen held her second networking event for her members and grassroot beneficiaries from her major literacy and skills centres across the Ibadan metropolis. The focus of this networking lunch was on the current hardship caused by the new Naira, how to build resilience, survive and reflect on how to actively vote

February 7, 2023. Menstruation and menstrual hygiene are essential, natural and healthy parts of life for most women and adolescents. Yet, the issue is often disregarded, stigmatised and often shrouded in myths and taboos. Consequently, AfriWomen is spreading knowledge about menstruation, and hygiene and teaching skills on how to make affordable, customised and reusable sanitary

In Nigeria, 25 percent of women do not have enough resources to handle their menstrual hygiene. Period poverty has an impact on women\’s education, emotional well-being, health, comfort, and the economy of their country. To solve this problem, AfriWomen has decided to produce reusable sanitary towels manually and also teach the women and girls who can\’t afford it