(2023 – 2028) DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS GROUP Within the past two decades, we have continued to witness the growing interest in the advancement of rights of women and girls in Nigeria. Gender equality and women empowerment (GEWE) is recognized as the game changer in the achievement of global, regional and national commitments on human rights and...

The 2023 elections have come and gone, but there are fallouts surrounding the whole process especially in the aspect of women inclusion and participation. The issue of gender equality and women participation decision-making and politics has remained a major issue in the front burner of women organizations.

A compendium of success stories implemented by ActionAid Nigeria through the WVL N  project. This document brings together examples of best practices emerging from the project, which led to changes in attitudes and behaviors in the target communities and the women and girls themselves. Download below

Happy International Women’s Day 2023!This year’s theme is DigitAll: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality, and we’re here to celebrate the incredible achievements of women around the world. Let’s look at how technology has been used to advance gender equality and how it can continue to do so in the future.   Technology has been...

The magazine will not only give a voice to the challenges and giants strides of women in all works of life, but it will also generally change the narratives.    BY WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EDUCATION AND PEACE BUILDING INITIATIVE (WEPBI)   Download Your Copy 

The negative effects of irregular migration of young women can never be underscored, as it has become a major societal challenge and modern day slavery that maybe very difficult to curb. Irregular migration can be defined as the movement of persons to a new place of residence or transit that takes place outside the regulatory...

Violence against women and girls is real! Every day, women and girls endure different forms of violence and discriminations within the society, irrespective of their status and location. The effect of gender-based violence is enormous and devastating, sometimes immediate and at other times long term. Addressing violence against women and girls requires strategic and deliberate...

    Listen to Olanike Timipa-Uge talk about one of the most underreported forms of violence against girls is Breast Ironing – also known as breast flattening- a cultural practice of flattening or crushing the breast of an adolescent girl to disguise the signs of development. In this episode, Anastasia Duru and Olanike Timipa-Uge discussed...

A compilation of success stories implemented by ActionAid Nigeria through 12 partners from the Northern and Southern Nigeria on the SLOCVAWG project. This document brings together examples of best practices emerging from the project, which led to changes in attitudes and behaviors in the target communities and the women and girls themselves. Download success stories below.