Celebrating and supporting women is essential for fostering a more equitable and inclusive society.
By recognizing their achievements, empowering their voices, and advocating for their rights, as part of efforts to create a brighter future for society.
Women have played a pivotal role in shaping the world, breaking barriers, and overcoming countless obstacles. Despite facing systemic inequalities and biases, women continue to drive progress, innovate, and effect positive change in all aspects of life.
Stakeholders at an International Women Conference held in Abuja believe that more can be achieved.
The Conference brought together over 1,000 delegates from Nigerian and beyond, mostly widows, addressing pressing issues faced by women worldwide.
The United Nations latest estimation puts the number of widows Worldwide at 258 million.
The UN projects that one out of every ten live in abject poverty.
As one of the participants noted this conference is another movement for timely action to impact women.