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b. 1948 Nigeria
Hajiya Zainab Maina, FCIA, MFR (born 7 August 1948) was the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She was appointed in July 2011.
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As mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters you carry a lot of burdens but keep faith in your role as the stronger gender.
I have realised that when you engage men, believe me you will find a wonderful partner in them. They will help fight and make sure that they promote gender issues and help women.
A major step towards achieving the vision of ensuring gender equality begins with the enactment of laws that would protect women.
In Abuja on Tuesday that the need for women to be included in politics and governance is key for ensuring a sustainable future.
Even out of those 23 states, only two — Lagos and Akwa Ibom — are implementing the law.
Women suffer deprivations in many spheres of our national life, yet when we ask for equity, we are pushed back by entrenched patriarchy.
Nation-building is a task that requires the contributions of all citizens regardless of their gender
There’s a long standing failure to protect women from gender-based violence, nonetheless, we must address economic, social and cultural issues particularly gender inequalities that pose violence, that make women and girls vulnerable.
To perpetually shut out a significant population of a country from political participation and governance processes is to deny the country full potential for a sustainable tomorrow.
Perhaps, it’s time we the Nigerian women told our male counterparts that they cannot continue clapping with one hand and deceive themselves that they are making a sound. Nation-building is a task that requires the contributions of all citizens regardless of their gender.
We are not asking for equality because we want to take over the roles of our men, we are asking for gender equality because that is the only guarantee of a sustainable tomorrow.
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