As part of our activities for the Gender Month, we are thrilled to share our video titled “Promoting Inclusion: Voices from GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS”, to celebrate International Women’s Day 2024. Please watch the video via this link IWD Video_2024.mp4…
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Gender month & IWD in GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS
We collect gender activities of different projects which have a special impact on women to develop the Gender Newsletter for GIZ Nigeria & ECOWAS Gender Newsletter
Regional: Competitive African Rice Initiative
Business-driven women working in rice value chains in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania Context. Rice is one of the key staple foods in Africa. The demand is rapidly increasing: the population is growing, people are moving to urban areas…
Gender Week in GIZ Nigeria
The gender week in GIZ Nigeria was organized around a series of events all geared towards increasing the knowledge of GIZ Staff about gender. The events kicked off on Monday the 5th of March with an online gender quiz (including…
15 African Countries: Gender in agricultural value chain promotion
“The African farmer and her husband…” This proverb entails in essence the importance of women in the African agricultural sector: women form the backbone of African smallholder farming. However, significant gender inequalities can be found in people’s access to key…
Brown Bag Lunch
Discussion on Gender and work-life-balance; focusing on issues such as: – How to balance family and work with women and men pursuing careers equally – Stumbling blocks that prevent equal opportunities for both men and women
Africa Regional: Farmer Business School: rural women fit for business
Overview Cocoa is one of the main agricultural products and exports of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo and Cameroon. More than three million smallholdings produce 70% of world cocoa supply. Additional agricultural income is derived mainly from food production. The…
Nigeria: “Watanni Biyu mai Kashe Talauchi” (Hausa for: two months that kill poverty) – Pro-Poor Growth and Promotion Employment in Nigeria
According to the DFID Country Gender Report 2012, Nigeria has one of the lowest rates of female entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. As micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are an important source of employment and income, especially in rural areas,…
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