Resource persons at a One-Day harmonization and validation workshop in Abuja say, the national women’s economic empowerment policy document has great potential for completely transitioning women from having limited economic power to acquiring the skills, resources, and opportunities required to access and compete equitably in the markets.
They gave this view at a one-day workshop put together by the Development research and project centre to discuss harmonization and validation of women’s economic empowerment indicators in the national wee policy, action plan, and national wee monitoring and evaluation framework.
The one-day Abuja meeting is to enable monitoring and evaluation officers and gender desk officers of federal ministries, departments and agencies to develop a framework to implement Women’s Economic Empowerment policy.
The Development research and project centre which facilitated the meeting explained that the objective of the programme was to allow officials to brainstorm on the metrics that will be effective in coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating wee projects.
Other speakers said gender equality and social inclusion should be considered as critical components in economic development while calling on citizens to join in monitoring and evaluation of initiatives geared toward women empowerment.
Recall that in 2023, the Nigerian government approved the wee policy with the aim of helping to bring about optimal development in the country, with about 50 per cent of its population made up of women.
Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie
