Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers

by Women for Women International
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers
Help Women in Nigeria Become Poultry Farmers

Project Report | Aug 29, 2014
Meet Zainab

By Tadai Abilla | Multimedia & Online Associate

With limited access to health services and education, patriarchal norms, and mounting violence, Nigerian women struggle to gain economic opportunities and equality. Common discriminatory practices, amplified by extremist groups, subject women and girls to dangers, including forced early marriage and the possibility they will face violence for going to school.

Yet women like Zainab have not lost hope. With your help, the Women for Women International – Nigeria team provides our yearlong training program for women, as well as programs to engage men. 

“The turning point in my life is when I joined Women for Women International. I heard about the program from a participant who graduated, and decided to join because she told me that I would receive both emotional and financial support from the program."

She received poultry farm training but, “During the sessions on decision-making and women’s rights, my eyes were opened. It made me appreciate myself more as a human being. I thought that only men had rights to everything. I never believed that I had rights, nor did I understand gender equality. I have always been taught that a woman has no right until marriage, and when married, her right ends with caring for her family. If she had to claim any other right, it had to be given to her by her husband. Learning that I was born with all my rights was very interesting."

For Zainab, becoming part of a support network of other women has provided her strength and the ability to stand up for her rights. “The greatest change in my life is the emotional relief I have received from the trainings offered. Being in the Women for Women International program has helped me to build friendships with women of other religions and tribes. We support each other emotionally and financially when need be. I visit their homes and they also visit mine. I am so grateful for being a part of this program.”

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