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Paralegal Training on Harmful Widowhood Practices

Odianosen Iseyare - Women's Rights

31-Aug-2017

In 2015, women from communities across Nigeria gathered in Lokoja, Kogi State, for ActionAid-supported paralegal training, equipping them to handle and refer cases of abuse against women in their communities. Here we see the change that...

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Smallholder women farmers rely on Agriculture in Kwagal

Odianosen Iseyare - Food and Agriculture

20-Jul-2017

[caption id="attachment_2189" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A smallholder woman farmer in Kwagal[/caption] "80 % of the food production from Agriculture, comes from smallholder farmers, who are mostly rural women but they do not have...

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Faith is excited about the increase in enrolment in her school because of the new playground constructed by ActionAid

School enrolment spikes because of new playground

Odianosen Iseyare - Education

05-Jul-2017

For 13-year old Faith of Dakwa community, the highlight of 2016 is a playground in LEA primary school Tungan Dalatu in the FCT where she attends. The primary 5 pupil and member of the arts club believes the provision of the recreational equipment ...

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Farida, Advocating for Women's Rights through ActionAid

Farida’s Story, A violation of Women’s Rights

Odianosen Iseyare - Women's Rights

02-Jun-2017

Women's Rights violations is usually a debate due to religious, ethnic and cultural reasons. Farida was pregnant and a mother of two living in Nyanya, a satellite town outside of the Nigerian capital Abuja. She commuted daily to Abuja f...

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Tags: Bold Voices, Safe Cities for Women, Unfair Taxation, Women's Rights

Improving Girls Education in Ovuoba Community

actionaid_admin - Education

31-Dec-2016

Thank you Action says Chika Faith, 14, from Ovuoba community in Ebonyi state. I finished my primary education in 2013 but couldn’t proceed to secondary school because there is none in my community and my parents were not comfortable that I go ...

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ActionAid donate medical supplies to Ikota basic health centre in Ondo State

actionaid_admin - Health

31-Dec-2016

Ikota basic health centre serves about 1200 people of the community. However, during the past 1 year, the provisions of medical supplies to the health centre have been quite slow from the ministry of health through the health unit of the local gove...

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“I am now a business woman and my children are back to school”

actionaid_admin - Education

31-Dec-2016

Rosaline Okemini, 35, is a widow and a mother of 8 children (5 boys and 3 girls).She is an indigene of Okpuitumo community in Ebonyi. She explained “In 2008, ActionAid provided a milling machine for my community, Okpuitumo but for about 7 year...

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Yusuf Muhammed narrated his ordeal before the intervention of Action Aid.

actionaid_admin - Uncategorized

31-Dec-2016

Yusuf Muhammed, 57, a farmer and a native of Aboro community in Sanga LGA of Southern Kaduna narrated his ordeal before the intervention of Action Aid. “The death of my two children Gambo Yusuf (17years) andYahuza Yusuf (15 years) as a resul...

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Empowered Under the Mahogany Tree

actionaid_admin - Education, Health

09-Jun-2016

The apprehension of starting a new job got to me, like it would any other person, as I sat on the flight to Abuja. I was headed to the ActionAid’s head office for my induction, and had all the typical concerns: Would I fit in? What if I didn’t do...

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Abdi’s Story

actionaid_admin - Education, Health

08-May-2016

Abdi is 12 years old and lives with his uncle in northern Nigeria. He has epilepsy and often has to miss school because he suffers from seizures. Abdi has difficulty talking but his uncle Abdullah understands him very well. Abdi’s uncle says ‘Ab...

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