Nigeria: Women Seek Better Deal Ahead of 2015 Elections

Lagos — Two years away from the general elections, Nigerian women who converged under different organizations and auspices at a two-day summit organized by Nigerian Women in Parliament with the support of United Nations Development Programme and Democratic Governance for Development (UNDP/DGD), have started strategizing on how to gain more political relevance ahead of 2015.

Though, third in the series of such summit, the impressive turnout of major stakeholders at the latest Abuja summit helped in the frank discussion as to how Nigerian women can scale the numerous discrimination hurdles often thrown on their paths by the society which include but not limited to poor political outings.

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