Women in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda are often pressured by family and through societal expectations to have more children, but commonly resort to covert or indirect means of contraception to maintain some reproductive autonomy. This is a central finding from a cross-country study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,…

A report by Family Planning 2020 (FP2020) has shown that more Nigerian women have adopted contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies and abortions. The report was released yesterday by an international global partnership for the rights of women and girls to freely decide whether, when, and how many children they want to have. It revealed that…

Funke Feyisitan Ladimeji is the Head, Technology and Operations at FBNQuest Merchant Bank Group, the Investment Banking subsidiary of the FBN Holdings Group and the current Chair of the Association of Professional Women Bankers' Planning Committee. Her Banking career has spanned global Corporate Finance and Markets businesses across multiple regions, multiple financial products and multiple…

France has launched a nationwide probe into incidents of babies being born with either missing or malformed arms after abnormal rates of birth defects in several regions have sparked a public health scare. Francois Bourdillon, head of the Public Health France agency, confirmed for the first time that a national investigation was "underway" and the…

The Kebbi State government has signed a memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Procter and Gamble (P&G), a leading consumer goods company in Nigeria, with the aim of empowering and training women in the state. Singing the MOU at the weekend, the Kebbi State governor, Senator Atiku Bagudu Abubakar, said the partnership would support the Kebbi…

For most parts of northern Nigeria, the sight of Wanzami (local barbers) does not convey any special interest. For ages, they are known professionals that specialise in herbal medicine treating people’s infections and diseases and more prominently conducting circumcision both for children, and women (women genital circumcision). It is an artisanal skill is as old…

The Islamic State group has released two women and four children among 27 surviving Druze hostages it seized during a deadly July attack on the minority community's heartland in southern Syria. State television broadcast footage of the six arriving in the city of Sweida on Saturday, joyful at being reunited with their families but haggard…

Investing In Women believes in the power of collaboration and working with thought leaders. This week, Anita has invited researcher and management consultant, Carl Loof of Impeccable Collaboration (New York), as a guest contributor to share a global perspective on economic opportunities for Nigeria, through a strategy of investing in women.  As one of the world’s…

Gleaning from news footages, the Northeast of Nigeria is a disaster waiting to happen. The local economy is in shambles. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, in a paper titled, Counter- Insurgency and Role of the Nigerian Army in Creating Conducive Environment For Nigeria’s Economic Development, said the economic impact of Boko…

Organizers of the prestigious Nigerian Sports Award, Unmissable Incentives Limited, has announced that the nominations of Sports men and women for the various categories of awards for the 2018 edition would close on Sunday. Executive Director, Unmissable Incentives Limited, Kayode Idowu, disclosed this while briefing the media on developments on the 2018 edition of the…

Did you know that a woman is a part of the team that discovered the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)? US scientist Frances Arnold became the fifth women to win a chemistry Nobel on Wednesday, the day after Canada's Donna Strickland became just the third woman -- and first in 55 years -- to clinch the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is adopting measures to expand women’s participation in the electoral process. At a workshop it organised in Abuja yesterday, the commission sought to identify and reflect on practical, effective and implementable ways females could participate in the nation’s politics. Recognising that the electorate consists of diverse people with special…