The Journey to EQUITY: THE NCWS STORY

This is the story of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) in the socio-economic and political advancement of women in Nigeria. It covers the role of NCWS as an umbrella body of women's non-governmental organizations (NGOs). It narrates how the council has contributed to Nigeria's national development through its programmes and projects.This narration also highlights how NCWS fought to gain economic and political empowerment for women.NCWS currently operates in all the 36 states and 774 local government areas in Nigeria and the federal capital territory (FCT) this makes it easy to reach out to partner with grassroot women's groups to implement its variety of socio-economic poverty alleviation programmes.This story is of great historic importance because very little has been written on the role and contribution of NCWS to national development in Nigeria. There are only a few books, journals and other forms of dcumentation on the NCWS work. This book aims to fill this identifiable gap. Read more