Nigerian Women, This Week

Compiled by Titilope Adedokun

This week, so many incredible things happened to Nigerian women. And we are here for every bit of it! Read all about it below.

The Lagos State Governor Signs A Law That Establishes A Sex Offenders Register in Lagos and Transforms the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) into A Full Agency

Photo credit — Sahara Reporters

The Nigerian female team moves to the semi-finals of the Women’s Afrobasket 2021. The Nigerian team has beaten Cote D’Ivoire and Angola and would face Senegal in the semi-finals today.

Photo credit — FIBA

Luvvie Ajayi-Jones is named one of Ulta Beauty’s Muse 100, a celebration of 100 inspirational black voices around the world

Solape Akinpelu’s HerVest, a fintech creating financial inclusion for underserved and excluded African women is profiled by Techcrunch

HerVest is a social enterprise providing financial inclusion for women through a Gender Lens approach. HerVest is built to help women everywhere take control of their finances, one impact at a time. Check out HerVest here.

Photo credit — Hervest co-founder and CEO Solape Akinpelu / Hervest

Nigeria’s Federal Government establishes a technical committee to advance women’s economic empowerment in Nigeria

Photo credit — Ayodeji Adegboyega/ Premium Times

The much-needed Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill passes second reading in the House of Representatives

Photo by lucia on Unsplash

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