Nigeria, Nov. 30 -- As campaigns gather momentum ahead of Nigeria's 2023 elections, the UN Women has invited Nigerian men to promote women's political participation and leadership in Africa's largest democracy.

The UN Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Beatrice Eyong, made the call on Tuesday in Abuja at a special convening tagged 'HeForShe event; Promoting Women's Political Participation in Nigeria.'

The programme was organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), UN Women, and the Government of Canada.

The HeForShe campaign is a global movement that started in 2015 with the United Nations aiming to engage one billion men and boys on the topic of gender equality. In Nigeria, the campaign was launched in 2017 by ...