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Women

Although Nigeria has a National Gender Policy, social and religious practices continue to restrict women rights. This can be further made worse where women have to support their children who have disabilities causing them to give up their jobs or means of earning. The Winford Centre for Children and Women is committed to supporting disadvantaged women who have children with disabilities to reach their full potentials. A disadvantaged woman is a woman:

  • who is economically disadvantaged.
  • with a reduced upward mobility (social mobility).
  • suffering social exclusion
  • having limited access to natural resources and economic opportunities.
  • who has been subjected to social or economic prejudice as a result of gender without regard to her qualities and or capabilities.
  • who is not adequately protected by law.
  • who is at the risk of physical, sexual and gender based violence.
  • who is confined to traditional gender roles and expectations regardless of her personal ambitions

Visit our initiatives page to see what we are doing for disadvantaged women.

 

 

 

References

https://www.microlinks.org/good-practice-center/value-chain-wiki/disadvantaged-women

https://business.usa.gov/program/economically-disadvantaged-women-owned-small-business-concern-certification

Initiatives