Empowering Women with Disabilities: EDC’s Transformative 3-Day Training Program in Iwo, Osogbo, and Ikirun, Osun State

In a significant stride toward fostering inclusivity and economic empowerment, the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) has recently concluded a groundbreaking 3-day training program aimed specifically at women with disabilities in the Iwo, Osogbo, and Ikirun areas of Osun State. This initiative underscores EDC’s unwavering commitment to creating opportunities for marginalized groups, ensuring that every individual, regardless of... Read More

#DisabilityBill: Odds against persons with disability in Nigeria

by Cynthia Ferdinand Disability is a physical or mental impairment that is perceived to limit one or more major life activities of an impaired person. While this appears a direct definition, Nigerians have ascribed various definitions to disability in different terms, concluding that persons with disabilities are abnormal persons who are offered mainly medical and... Read More

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Senate passes law kicking against discrimination of persons with disabilities

The Senate on Wednesday July 13, 2016 passed for its third and final reading the ‘Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities (Prohibition) Bill (2016) (SB 22).’ Commenting on the development through his social media pages, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki stated that the bill is highly important as it seeks to curb all forms... Read More

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Opinion: Preventing disabilities is our collective responsibility

by Dr. Freeman Osonuga Efforts must be made by governments at all levels to reduce delays in accessing health care by pregnant women. An initiative such as the Abiye (Safe Motherhood) Project of the Ondo State government of Nigeria has been globally acclaimed for reducing maternal and childhood morbidity and mortality, and should therefore be... Read More

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Empowering Women with Disabilities: EDC’s Transformative 3-Day Training Program in Iwo, Osogbo, and Ikirun, Osun State

#DisabilityBill: Odds against persons with disability in Nigeria

Senate passes law kicking against discrimination of persons with disabilities

Opinion: Preventing disabilities is our collective responsibility

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