The movement
A nationwide movement, built the way the country is actually organised
Not a conference. Not a hashtag. A standing structure that reaches from community women groups at the bottom to a national executive council at the top, with a named person responsible at every level in between.
Why it exists
Nigerian women carry an enormous share of the country's economic and social work and hold a small share of its formal power. Representation in elective and appointive office remains far below the level any fair reading of the population would produce.
Fixing that needs more than argument. It needs organisation: a verifiable national membership, a structure that reaches the ward, and a set of demands that the same ten million women are prepared to stand behind.
The movement was designed for that job. It unites women across ethnicity, religion, profession, age, ability and class, and it does so without attaching itself to any political party.
What non-political means here
The movement organises women to make demands of whoever is in office. It does not campaign for candidates, does not endorse parties, and does not hand member details to anyone who does.
Members are free to belong to any party they choose, or to none. That is their business. What the movement asks is that they stand together on the things women across every party agree on: representation, safety, income, health, education.
Your name, phone number and location are held by the national secretariat for membership administration only. They are not sold, and they are not shared with political parties or campaigns.
- Formal name
- National Women Advancement and Empowerment Movement of Nigeria
- Campaign identity
- The Power of 10 Million Women
- Coverage
- 36 states, the Federal Capital Territory, 774 local government areas
- Membership target
- 10 million women, roughly 12,920 per local government area
- Political affiliation
- None. The movement is non-partisan by constitution
State chapters are being constituted now
State executive committees are drawn from women already organising in their state groups who have shown they can organise. Find yours and get started.
Find your state group