gender

Germany Moves To Make Legal Change Of Gender Easier

July 1, 2022 6:15 am

The government of Germany on Thursday disclosed plans to make it easier for trans people to officially change their first name and gender, acknowledging that existing legislation was outdated and ‘humiliating’.

‘The right to live a self-determined life is fundamental to all people,’ Family Affairs Minister Lisa Paus told a Berlin press conference which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York.

The proposed law is expected to replace Germany’s 40-year ‘transsexual law’ that requires people to go to court and provide two expert reports, usually from psychotherapists, before they can have the name and gender they identify with legally …

More Woes For Akeredolu After Appointment Of Owerri Lady

June 1, 2020 7:51 am

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is under fire in Ondo state for appointing 26-year-old Owerri-born Ngozi Ugochi-Igbo as a Special Assistant on Gender, Research and Documentation.

Ngozi’s appointment was announced on Sunday, to the shock and disappointment of some of the residents because she is from Owerri, Imo state.

Some other residents however welcomed the appointment.

An Ondo indigene who once lived in Enugu, Lulu Fawehinmi said he was once appointed an SA to the Governor of Enugu State.

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Boy Or Girl? US Parents Go Too Far In Gender Reveals

November 19, 2019 5:05 pm

A plane crash in Texas, a deadly explosion in Iowa, a massive fire in Arizona — elaborate baby gender reveal parties, a growing trend among parents in the US, have taken a nightmarish turn.

“It’s a girl!” After dropping 350 gallons of pink-colored water, a small plane flying at low altitude suddenly stalled, crashing in a Texas field.

There were, fortunately, no victims in the early-September crash, but another such party — where expecting parents stage elaborate events to reveal their future child’s sex — turned fatal when an Iowa woman, 56, was killed the following month by shrapnel …

NAF’s Remarkable Gender Inclusion

November 10, 2019 9:01 am

NAF commissioned two ladies into its fighter aircraft sections. Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni trained at the NAF Training School, Kaduna

It is cheering news that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) recently registered itself on the side of global trends on gender sensitivity.For the first time in its 55-year-history, NAF commissioned two ladies into its fighter aircraft sections. Flying Officer Kafayat Sanni trained at the NAF Training School, Kaduna and the US Aviation Leadership Course received her wings to be the first female combat fighter pilot.

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Women Groups Laud Kwara Gov over 56% Gender Inclusion

October 26, 2019 3:38 pm

Nigerian Women Groups have commended the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq, for ceding 56 per cent of slot of state’s executive cabinet to women include youths.

The women said the governor had set a precedence for other state chief executives, including the federal executive and corporate bodies to emulate.

Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja on gender inclusion in the state, National President, Women in Politics Forum, Mr. Ebere Ifendu, alongside other women groups said they considered Abdulrasaq’s gesture as a “great achievement not only for the people of Kwara State but for Nigerians as a whole and …