The Nigerian feminist movement: lessons from Women in Nigeria, WIN

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Title:	The Nigerian feminist movement: lessons from Women in Nigeria, WIN
Author:	Madunagu, Bene E.
Year:	2008
Periodical:	Review of African Political Economy
Volume:	35
Issue:	118
Pages:	666-672
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	women's organizations feminism
External link:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056240802574136
Abstract:	Feminism in Nigeria in its present form came into being with the inauguration, in 1983, of the organization Women in Nigeria (WIN). WIN recognized the double forms of exploitation and oppression of women as members of the subordinate class and as women. From the onset, WIN engaged in research, policy advocacy and activism aimed at transforming the conditions under which women and other underpriviliged classes in Nigeria lived. In 2008, the Nigerian Feminist Forum, which is larger and more coherent than WIN, was launched. NFF is bound by the values and principles of the African Feminist Forum (AFF, launched in 2006), thus becoming part of the continental feminist movement. WIN's lessons and experiences for the NFF include the need for the adoption of basic principles of organization and action. The Charter of the Feminist Principles for African Feminists is included in an appendix. App., ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]