women in elections

Communiqué of media forum with female candidates from the North, South-south and South-east 0
- Report Update
- January 29, 2015
Introduction The 2-day media engagement forum with female candidates from the North, South-south and South-east on deepening understanding and improving the use of conventional and new/social media for campaigns & other electoral activities held in Abuja on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th January, 2015. The media engagement forum was organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria, with the
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Communique of media engagement forum with female candidates from the South-west 0
- Report Update
- January 29, 2015
INTRODUCTION The 2-day media engagement forum with female candidates in the south west on deepening understanding and improving the use of conventional and new/social media for campaigns & other electoral activities was held in Ibadan on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th January, 2015. The media engagement forum was organized by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos-Nigeria,with the support
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2015 Elections: Issues beyond the Posting of Political Posters and Bill Boards 0
- Report Update
- January 15, 2015
With few weeks to the Nigerian 2015 general elections, political activities are now in high tempo as political office seekers, especially those who have grabbed party tickets are criss-crossing the length and breadth of their domains, holding nocturnal meetings and perhaps putting machinations in place to warm themselves into the heart of the electorate. One
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Gombe: Raising the stake of women participation in politics 0
- Report Update
- January 7, 2015
Despite several agitations for gender equity and 35% affirmative action for women in Nigeria there seems to be no commensurate action to attain the much needed gender balance especially with regards to sensitive and decision making positions in the country. Many reports on gender sensitive issues have shown that women still occupy the lower rung,
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Communiqué of a Two-Day North-West Workshop on Election Reporting 0
- Report Update
- October 9, 2014
INTRODUCTION The two-day workshop was held as part of the project titled: Media Capacity Building, Mentoring and Monitoring for Conflict-Sensitive, Public-Issue and ICT-Driven Reporting of 2015. The workshop had in attendance twenty-five male and female broadcast and print journalists, who report political issues and will be on electoral duty for the 2015 elections. The project
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