Women with proven integrity urged to vie for political offices

Date: 2022-11-24

Women with proven integrity and character have been encouraged to contest for political offices to enhance gender inclusion in Nigeria's electoral process.

This was part of a communique issued at the end of a one-day engagement for selected media platforms on national gender policy and gender equity and social inclusion.

The event was themed, towards the implementation of electoral integrity and accountability in Kwara State, courtesy of the International Women Communication Centre (IWCC) and supported by the McArthur Foundation.

According to the communique, such a process will expand possibilities for credible women to be elected and promote good governance in the country, especially in the grassroots areas.

“There should be a level playing field for both males and females and equal opportunities to acquire education.

“There should also be public sensitisation on the need to treat both sexes equally while the female gender should be supported to vie for political offices.

“Political campaigns should be devoid of campaign of calumny and hatred and women of proven integrity be encouraged to come out and vie for political positions

“The media should give both gender equal opportunity to air their views and there should be the need to engage religious and cultural groups to support gender-based policies”, it said.

Speaking at the event, Executive Director of the International Women Communication Centre, Hajia Nimota Goroso Giwa, said the programme was a media engagement to harvest input for domestication that will form the fulcrum of the national gender policy.

“This programme is a media engagement to duel on the issue of national gender policy, electoral policy and gender inclusion and the perspective of the media on the issue.

“We have collaborated with INEC, Ministries of Education and faith-based institutions all over the country to collect their input and what they think are the missing gaps or things that were not included to get it localised and gazetted before it is passed into law.

“We want gender mainstreaming to be applied in all aspects of our development”, she added.

Giwa said “This is an ongoing dialogue and we are going to have a conference in Kwara next year whereby all the issues we have articulated will be put together to form the national gender policy and taken to the Kwara State House of Assembly.

The expectation, she noted, to come up with a strategic planning meeting to address all the issues raised by the stakeholders for everybody to have input and own the documents.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Nupe     Olatinwo     Funmilayo Zubair     Sherif Sagaya     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Fareedah Dankaka     Yusuf Badmus     Adamu Attah     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Revenue Court     Iyiola Oyedepo     MINILS     COEASU     Dan Iya     Mumeen Lah     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Babaloja-General     Oko Erin     Razak Atunwa     Rapheal Ashaolu     Patigi Regatta     Moshood Bakare     Sodiya     Muritala Awodun     AIT Ilorin     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Isiaka Yusuf     Ibrahim Labaika     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     TIIDELab     Toyin Falola     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Ballah     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Idofin     Lanre Badmus     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     KWASIEC     Azeez Bello     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Offa Grammer School     Oke-Ero     Basit Olatunji     Tinubu     Shonga Farm Project     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Abdullahi Samari     Omoniyi     Tanke     Muhammed Abdullahi     Lawan     Aso-ofi     Ahmed \'Lateef     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Afetu Of Alabe     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Salman Jawondo     New Nigeria People’s Party     Tosho Yaqub     NIPOGA     Pakata Patriots     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Olokoba     Yusuf Mubarak     Igosun     Oba Abdulraheem     Shoprite     Hakeem Lawal     Musa Abdullahi     Saidu Yaro Musa     Raimi Iyanda     Ojuekun     Jani Ibrahim    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sanitation Exercise     Kazeem Adekanye     Olupako Of Share     IDPU     Yusuf Mubarak     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Kehinde Baale     Valsolar Consortium     CCT     Saheed Alakoso     Umar Adelodun     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Ado Ibrahim     Third Estate     Mufutau Olatinwo     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Ogidi-Oloje     Democracy Day     AGF Abdulrazaq     Busari Alabi Alausa     Kayode Ibrahim     Logun     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Saidu Isa     Wahab Isa     Maigida     Bibire Ajape     Bashiru Makama     Isiaka Oniwa     PPS     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Just Event Online     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Amina El-Imam     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Oyedepo     Amuda Aluko     Laolu Saraki     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Afonja Descendants Union     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Neo Mundo Ltd     Bahago     Abubakar Ndakene     Ishola Abdullahi     John Olobayo     National Broadcasting Commission     Elerinjare     University Road     Samuel Adedoyin     JMK Construction Company Limited     Muyideen Ajani Bello     EndSARS     LABTOP     Rachael Obisesan     Kazeem Gbolagade     Yakub Lai Gobir     Olabode Towoju     Aliyu Sabi     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Adisa Logun     Ridwan Agboola     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Abiodun Oyedepo     Sidikat Alaya     Owu Fall     Bursary     Ilorin General Hospital     Edret Sabi Abel