Reserved Seats for Women: Advocating for Women’s Representation in Nigeria's Parliament
ABOUT THE BILLIn the Nigerian National Assembly, women hold just a marginal percentage of seats, far below the 35% gender parity target set by international standards. With women making up half of the country's population, their representation in elected offices is currently a mere 4.43%.
Campaign Goal
The Reserved Seats for Women campaign aims to mobilize support and drive awareness for the passage of the “Reserved Seats for Women” Bill, an initiative designed to improve women’s representation in Nigeria's National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly.
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A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has urged the National Assembly to pass the bill seeking to reserve seats for women in the parliament, saying that Nigeria could inject $22.9 billion into…
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has launched a campaign for the passage of the reserved seats for women bill.
The legislative initiative is designed to guarantee a minimum number of seats for…
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