The Nigerian Women’s Trust Fund (WF) was created in 2011 to increase the representation of women in Nigerian governance at all levels and address the growing concerns about the gender imbalance in elective and appointive positions. Nigeria currently falls short of the National Gender Policy be... read morenchmark of 35% minimum gender representation and other global and regional benchmarks to which the country is signatory. For instance, with the return to democratic governance in 1999, the number of women being elected in Nigeria steadily increased but since 2007 it has remained stagnant between 7-9% representation in the National Assembly, less than the average rate of female parliamentarians globally and in Sub-Saharan Africa which is 19% and 20% respectively.
The goal of the Fund is to institutionalize access to resources for women in politics in Nigeria. Its objectives are to:
- Transparently provide aspiring women with financial and other forms of resources towards their political campaigns irrespective of political inclinations
- Identify and build a database of aspiring women politicians and those in appointive positions to enhance their leadership capacity.
- Fundraise, invest and manage resources for women’s political participation
- Provide national and international networking opportunities for women politicians in elective and appointive positions to build strategic alliances and raise resources
- Engage in research and advocacy to further expand women’s political space
The Young Women Mentorship program provides young women, ages 18 – 25, with one-on-one matches with high profile women in government, non-governmental organizations andthe private sector as ment
Job DescriptionThe Finance and Administration Assistant (FAA) will assist the (Finance and Admin Coordinator (FAC) in all financial and administrative affairs associated with the Nigerian Women’
Job DescriptionThe Programs Officer (PO) will contribute to the designing and implementation of programme-related activities including proposal writing, grant-making and reporting of projects. The PO
