By Margaret John The Cross River State Commissioner for Agriculture, Professor Anthony Eneji has disclosed that the administration of Governor Ben Ayade has empowered, trained and given grants to over 700 women and youths in the State. He made the disclosure in an interview with CrossRiverWatch TV where he maintained that the grants amounting to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Women from Okuni Community in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River state on Monday, took to the streets to demand justice for a woman who was gang-raped in the presence of her husband. Numbering over one thousand, the women, dressed in black, commenced their peaceful march at the police station in
By Violet Isek Women in Obubra local government area of central Cross River State are currently protesting what they term as neglect following the continuous invasion of their villages especially in Osopong communities by neighboring Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State. The women who stormed the local government secretariat in their numbers have chased
By Ogar Monday The founder of Calabar Hospitality House; a capacity development institution, Mrs. Justina Ovat has said that despite there been a lot of women with capacity in Cross River State, men are still dominating the political space. Ovat who pointed out that the women centered discussions dominating the media was to make up
By Elijah Ugani, Monday Ogar with Agency Reports by Sylvia Okoi The 2018 International women’s day has come and gone with several activities to mark it in Cross River State. The theme for the 2018 edition is “Press For Progress” and the Project Leader for CUSO international, Jerry Nwigwu at an event to mark the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Follow @crossriverwatch Being text of speech delivered by the author on the occasion of the Women Empowerment Training by Hegai & Ester Limited to mark the 2018 International Women’s Day. At the heart of the creative economy are the creative industries. Creative Industries include a number of subsectors, such as; architecture, artistic
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At the current level of advocacy in the world, achieving gender parity is 200 years away statistics from the 2017 World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report have showed. This means that with the current level of gender equality advocacy, it will take about 200 years to fully have the same percentage
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent Afro pop and freestyle artiste, MC Galaxy Tuesday thrilled wife of Cross River Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade in an all women dinner she organized to show appreciation to Cross River women following her husband’s triumph at the Supreme Court on December 9, 2016. The event held at the Peregrino