RESOURCE CENTRES FOR WOMEN IN GOVERNANCE AND DECISION-MAKING POSITIONS
The resource centres located in Abuja, Calabar and Maiduguri would provide all women interested in politics support to organise and promote their candidature and programmes.There is a need to increase women’s representation in decision-making positions by ensuring that the rights of women and girls are respected as found in the conventions and additional texts and protocols ratified by the government of Nigeria
- BEATRICE EYONG, UN WOMEN'S COUNTRY REPRESNTATIVE TO NIGERIA AND ECOWAS
COMMISSIONING OF THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR WOMEN
The National Resource Centre for Women in Politics (NRCWP),commissioned on the 14 th of November 2023, was established by the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), in collaboration with the UN Women and with support from the Canadian Government.
The National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) in pursuit of its mandate to undertake activities geared towards the social, economic and political empowerment of women within the overall framework of national development, entered into collaborations with the UN Women to initiate a programme titled ‘Advance: Women’s Political Participation in Nigeria’ with support from the Canadian Government.
The gains of this collaboration is the establishment of the National Resource Centre for Women in Politics (NRCWP) and two Pilot Zonal Resource Centres which are to be commissioned before the end of 2023 one in Borno (North-East) and another in Cross River State (South-South).
The overall objective of the Resource Centres for Women in Politics is to provide opportunity for female politicians to access knowledge products, electronic equipment, internet facilities, counselling that would enhance their productivity for effective participation in politics.
OBJECTIVE OF THE RESOURCE CENTRE FOR NIGERIAN WOMEN
The overall objective of the Resource Centres for Women in Politics is to provide opportunity for female politicians to access knowledge products, electronic equipment, internet facilities, counselling that would enhance their productivity for effective participation in politics.
Specifically, the Project will:
Provide secretariat support to female politicians through the facilities of the resource centres
Conduct individual training as well as counselling sessions that will build the capacity of female politicians to help them win their elections and become effective leaders
Provide female candidates with required information, political contacts, and resources for within and outside Nigeria
Support female politicians to develop and publish campaign messages and materials
The resource centres will not only support experience female politicians, but it will also motivate the young women to participate in politics and governance and serve as a source of information, data and study for young women who are interested in politics.
The Centre is opened for operations daily from 9.00am to 4.00pm, Mondays - Fridays. Skeletal services may be offered on Saturdays from 10.00am - 2.00pm.
The National Resource Centre for Nigerian Women in Politics is located in the ICT Block of the NCWD, opposite CBN Headquarters, Central Business District, Abuja.
List of books in the resource center
UN Women solicit media support for Nigerian female politicians
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