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Nigerian lawmakers begin major step to ensure more women in parliament

Nigerian lawmakers begin major step to ensure more women in parliament
Should the bill become law, the Nigerian Senate would have a minimum of 37 women while the House of Representatives would have a minimum of 74 women.
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A bill to amend the 1999 constitution so as to create new legislative seats reserved for women scaled second reading in the
The bill, sponsored by the Deputy Chief Whip, Nkeiruka Onyejocha (PDP, Abia) and 85 others, was considered for second reading and passed.
A copy of the bill obtained by PREMIUM TIMES shows that the bill is proposing the creation of one additional senatorial seat in each state of the federation and Abuja. The seat would only be occupied by women. Currently, each Nigerian state has three senate seats while Abuja has one. While any eligible adult can contest for the senatorial seats, it has always been dominated by men with only eight of the current 109 senators being women. ....

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Breaking News | Recent News Bill for special female seats in State, National Assembly scales second reading

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In a bid to create more spaces for women in the National and State Houses of Assembly, a bill for an Act to alter the provision of the 1999 Constitution has scaled second reading.
Sponsoring the bill, Rep Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, in her argument on the floor of the House on Wednesday, said it was meant to remedy the low representation of women in Legislative Houses.
According to her, the seats would be contested and filled by only women in the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly as a temporary measure to promote women’s representation.
She however said that the provision would be subjected to a review after four general election cycles of 16 years for the purpose of either retaining, increasing, or abolishing the temporary measure. ....

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Qatar's female labour participation rate highest in Arab world: Aisha Al Fardan

11 Mar 2021 - 9:06
The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar’s female labour participation rate of 59.1 percent is currently above the global average and the highest in the Arab world, Qatari Businesswomen Association’s (QBWA) Vice-Chairwoman Aisha Al Fardan (pictured) has said.
Al Fardan was speaking as the featured keynote speaker at a webinar on ‘Qatari Businesswomen: Shaping the Present. Leading the Future’, which was organised by the Qatari Embassy in the US in partnership with Association of Women in International Trade (WIIT), the United States-Qatar Business Council (USQBC), and the QBWA to celebrate International Women’s Day recently.
The virtual event, which was coordinated by the Office of the Commercial Attaché at the Embassy of Qatar, highlighted leadership roles of Qatari women in workforce. The discussion also highlighted the success of Qatari women in the corporate space, executive management, and boardroom decisions. ....

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