Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- The federal government is today inaugurating a technical working group for the pilot monitoring and evaluation framework for Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) interventions.

WEE helps women and girls move from limited power, voice, and choice at home and in the economy to having the skills, resources, and opportunities needed to compete equitably in markets as well as the agency to control and benefit from economic gains.

On August 17, the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in collaboration with the Development Research and Project Center (DPRC) had earlier organised a national symposium on the application framework as it relates to the WEE.

It was then participants recommended that a work...