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Yesterday, August 27 was Day 7 of #BringBackOurGirls #500DaysOn #Global Week of Action for our Chibok Girls.  I'm exhausted, drained, speechless.  But Hopeful that our #ChibokGirls will be rescued and reunited with their families.  I hope this happens sooner rather than later.  The struggle continues to ensure that efforts are redoubled to rescue our girls and all abducted Nigerians. Here are some photos.  More to come... ASET, Inumidun Oyebode, Eden Sanaa Duncan-Smith at Interfaith Service  Rally at Nigeria House Some members of the planning committee and friends of Rev. Dionne P. Boissiere, Marcia Fingal, Aisha Oyebode, Evon Idahosa, Adeola Fayehun, Doris Yaro, Pat Sellers, Tehilah Eisenstadt, Eden Sanaa Duncan-Smith, Doris Yaro, Laurie Cumbo and yours truly  Rally at Nigeria House At Tillman Chapel BBOG Lagos Family is to be commended. Thanks to Gov. Ambode for meeting with, and addressing...

It is heartbreaking that we are now at the 500 Day mark after the abduction of our #ChibokGirls from their school by Boko Haram.  Please join us at our Interfaith Service at 12 noon at Tillman Chapel, The Church Center, UN (44th Street and 1st Avenue) Followed by a silent procession to Nigeria House (44th Street and 2nd Avenue). Spread the word.  Thank you. For How Long Must the Chibok Girls Be Missing? 500 Days … and counting! For Immediate Release August 21 st , 2015 Contact:   Dr. Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome       Shahara C. Jackson mojubaolu@gmail.com                      leavingfootprintsinc@gmail.com (347) 249-6502                                (347) 765-0509 New York, NY ...

For How Long Must the Chibok Girls Be Missing? 500 Days … and counting! For Immediate Release August 21 st , 2015 Contact:   Dr. Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome       Shahara C. Jackson mojubaolu@gmail.com                      leavingfootprintsinc@gmail.com (347) 249-6502                                (347) 765-0509 New York, NY – Sadly, August 27, 2015 will be 500 Days since April 14, 2014, when armed militants from the radical group Boko Haram stormed the school dormitories of the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. On the night of the abduction, militants showed up at the boarding school dressed in Nigerian military uniforms. The militants abducted 276 young girls, stole supplie...

TODAY  is Day 5 of ‪#‎BringBackOurGirls‬ Global Week of Action (‪#‎GWA‬) for our #‎219ChibokGirls‬ who on April 14, 2014, were abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria, by Boko Haram. We are determined to keep demanding that they are rescued and reunited with their families.  For How Long Must the Chibok Girls Be Missing? 500 Days … and counting! For Immediate Release August 21 st , 2015 Contact:   Dr. Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome       Shahara C. Jackson mojubaolu@gmail.com                      leavingfootprintsinc@gmail.com (347) 249-6502                                347-765-0509 New York, NY – Sadly, August 27, 2015 will be 500 Days since April 14, 2014,...

TODAY  is  Day   4  of ‪#‎BringBackOurGirls‬ Global Week of Action (‪#‎GWA‬) for our #‎219ChibokGirls‬ who on April 14, 2014, were abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria, by Boko Haram. We are determined to keep demanding that they are rescued and reunited with their families.  You are also invited to our Interfaith Service for our ‪#‎219ChibokGirls‬ on Day 500--Thursday, August 27, at 12 noon, at the Tillman Chapel, UN Church Center (44th Street and 1st Avenue, NYC, followed by a silent procession to Nigeria House (44th Street and 2nd Avenue). If you're not in the NYC area, do encourage your friends who live/work here to join us. Thank you.

For How Long Must the Chibok Girls Be Missing? 500 Days … and counting! For Immediate Release August 21 st , 2015 Contact:   Dr. Mojúbàolú Olufúnké Okome       Shahara C. Jackson mojubaolu@gmail.com                      leavingfootprintsinc@gmail.com (347) 249-6502                                347-765-0509 New York, NY – Sadly, August 27, 2015 will be 500 Days since April 14, 2014, when armed militants from the radical group Boko Haram stormed the school dormitories of the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. On the night of the abduction, militants showed up at the boarding school dressed in Nigerian military uniforms. The militants abducted 276 young girls, stole supplie...

This paper was presented at the Women Advocates' Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) & Voices for Change (V4C) THEMATIC DIALOGUE ON NIGERIA'S 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE OF WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Chesterfield Hotel, Adeniyi Jones, Ikeja Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome Professor of Political Science Leonard & Claire Tow Professor, 2015/2016 Brooklyn College, CUNY Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow Department of Political Science University of Ibadan This paper is excerpted from Okome, Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké & Afia Serwaa Zakiya, eds. Women’s Political Participation in Nigeria: 2007 General Elections. Ibadan, Nigeria: Bookbuilders, 2013; and  "Beyond the Numbers: Women's Political Participation in the Commonwealth." Discussion Paper presented at 9th CHOGM,  in Bridgetown,  Barbados. June 2, 2010.   It was updated with information garnered from research inclusive of media reports of N...