The Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria (WVL – Nigeria) project is a five-year project funded by Global Affairs Canada. The project is aimed at tackling the barriers to gender equality and supporting the empowerment of women and girls through provision of financial and technical resources to local feminist/women’s rights organizations in Nigeria. This intervention is designed to respond to the challenges faced by these organizations in their efforts to elimiate discrimination and rights violations in policy and legislation and the provision of services, as well as harmful social beliefs and practices.
Through this project, ActionAid Nigeria has provided demonstrable evidence of its capability to effectively manage sub-granting initiatives. This is being done through the provision of mulltiple layers of funding and tailored capacity building support to these organizations. The Women’s Voice and Leadership-Nigeria (WVL-N) project has been pivotal in addressing gender inequality and empowering women and girls across Nigeria.
Over the past five years, WVL-N has provided critical financial and technical support to over 100 Local Women’s Rights Organizations (LWROs), Community-Based Organisations (CBOs), networks and movements across six states:
• Bauchi,
• Cross River,
• Enugu,
• Kebbi,
• Kwara
• Lagos
• and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
This policy brief highlights the key advocacy achievements of the WVL-N project and offers recommendations for sustaining and advancing gender equality in Nigeria.
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Policy Brief - ActionAid WVL-N (31 downloads)
