iv. Ensuring public participation in budget monitoring, public consultations, communication and benchmarking, etc. Progress towards target  National Strategic Framework (2008-2012) of the Gender Policy produced and launched in May 2008;  National Gender Management System of the Gender Policy produced and launched in May 2008;  In the area of judicial appointments, between 2006 and 2016, 4 women have been appointed to the exalted Supreme Court bench, this represents 25%. Out of the 70 current justices of the Court of Appeal, about 15 of them are female. Across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory Judiciaries, more women have been appointed as High Court Judges accounting for about 30% of the total number of Judges in the country. Reports tend to show that there are more female Magistrates than male in the country.  Measures in place to support women entrepreneurs/enhance their social security include the following: i. Economic and Social Empowerment of the Nigerian women is in different stages, the Ministry of Women Affairs has transcend the initial stage of advocacy to action which involves various funding mechanisms for economic growth of the women, such as Micro-Credit Loan Scheme for Women, Women Fund For Economic Empowerment (WOFEE), Business and Development Fund for Women (BUDFOW) etc. Challenges  Limited access to justice among rural women due to high legal fees and lack of capacities for asserting rights. Contrarily, most organizations providing free legal services are based in urban centres.  Limited access to information as a result of inadequate power supply, inadequate knowledge and skill about information technology is a major impediment to the advancement of women in rural communities.  Lack of equal access to land and opportunities to contribute to decision making processes at the community Level.  Inadequate cultivating, harvesting, processing and storage facilities for women.  Traditional beliefs that the use of certain modern technologies hinder women’s progress in farming at the rural level. 64