Mainstreaming gender inclusion in governance requires institutional and legal reforms and deliberate efforts by political leaders to give women a fair chance to contribute their own quota to development, according to panelists at the 1st Kwara State Gender Conference held on Thursday. The virtual conference was attended by former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations Amina Mohammed; Minister of Women Affairs Pauline Tallen; World Bank representatives; ECOWAS Parliament; and Chairman of the Forum of Nigerian First Ladies Erelu Bisi Fayemi; First Lady of Kwara…
Institutional reforms, political will key to gender inclusion: Sirleaf, UN, World Bank, others …. Panelists say Kwara a model for women empowerment
