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Ahead of the World Bank’s opening session on Land and Poverty Conference 2019, it has been revealed that most women in the world are not able to proclaim equal land and property rights in spite legal protections. Members of a new global campaign warned formally before its launch on Monday that “women in half of the countries in the world ...

Until recently the real estate sector was entirely a male-dominated sector. Though Nigerian women are gradually giving the men a run for their money, there is still so much to be done if women are to outsmart and outnumber the men. This article tells us why women are still not investing in real estate and why more Nigerian women should ...

The Nation reports that Women of Nsude community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State have staged a peaceful protest over an alleged forceful acquisition of ancestral land at Amozibe and Umuez]ani villages of the community. The women held aloft placards with different inscriptions such as, “This land does not belong to Ifueke Okweuwani, “Government, please, leave our land, “This ...

It beats my imagination to know that there are actually certain places on earth women are not allowed to visit. In this age and time countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran restrict women from visiting some places and doing some things in the open or public space. This article lists nine places in the world women cannot visit and just ...

“Women in rural areas are more affected by the incidence of land-grabbing, a study has revealed.”- Leadership This was unveiled during the conference of civil society organizations in collaboration with the department of agriculture and rural development of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja from February 15 through 16, 2017. The research was conducted over a ...

According to Business Day, Nigeria has led advocacy campaign for the promotion of women’s property rights in Africa, saying it is a panacea to achieving women economic empowerment in the continent. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, hosted Africa’s women parliamentarians at a side event at the ongoing UN Commission on the ...

Nigerian tribune reports that at the commemoration of the 2017 International Women Day (IWD) across the globe last week, an international non-governmental organisation (NGO), Oxfam Nigeria, while appraising the poverty index of women in Nigeria, re-emphasised its earlier position that women’s deprivation of access to land has a significant contribution to their poverty level. Citing the United Nations (UN) Report ...

Zaha Hadid is an Iaqi-British architect. Do an internet search for Zaha Hadid, and you will find an endless stream of information about her Last month, it was reported that her firm ZHA would be responsible for the creation of the world’s largest airport terminal. The starfish-shaped building will form part of Beijing’s new airport. Building Design Online reported that ...

In a statement made by online property portal, Lamudi Tanzania limited to mark International women’s day on Sunday, it was said that women are increasingly undoing blockades to the once male dominated real estate ownership, management and dealing. Quoting a Dar es Salaam based real estate broker, Lamudi said despite facing hostilities from male peers in the field, she is ...