Women Arise for Change Initiative

Two Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Friday urged the newly inaugurated ministers to be transparent and carry out their duties without any form of corruption. The organisations made the call in interviews with News Agency of Nigeria…

Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, Convener, Women Arise for Change Initiative, Wednesday urged other state governors to emulate Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State by ensuring increased number of women in their cabinets. Okei-Odumakin made…

With only seven women making the ministerial nominees list, the Women Arise for Change Initiative, an NGO, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a higher number of women as Special Advisers and Heads of key institutions. Dr Joe…

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, says closure over the death of Chief MKO Abiola will be achieved when some of the  challenges faced in the country are confronted and eliminated. Soyinka said this at a Wreath Laying Ceremony to…

The Women Arise for Change Initiative, a civil society organisation, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to urgently tackle what it called ”emerging issue of child hunger and child harvesting” in the country. Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin,…

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, on Monday called for an urgent review of the roles of security agencies, particularly the military, in the nation’s electoral process. Okei-Odumakin made the call in…

Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, on Saturday urged Nigerians and political actors to sustain the atmosphere of peace and orderliness in the face of the shift in dates of the general elections.…

An NGO, Women Arise for Change Initiative, on Saturday urged the Federal Government to criminalise rape and all forms of sexual violence against women and girls in the country. Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, president of the group, told the News…

An NGO, Women Arise for Change Initiative, on Wednesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to bring perpetrators of election violence and vote buying to book. Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President of the group, told the…