This Fund is designed to support innovative ideas and initiatives from Women’s Rights Organizations beyond WVL Nigeria project states. The funding opportunity targets innovative ideas which can serve as a catalyst for new ways of doing things within the Women’s Rights movement in Nigeria. It will support innovative actions that align with WVL Nigeria project goal at different levels.
Since 2020, LWROs from the six project implementing states (Lagos, Kwara, Enugu, Kebbi, Bauchi and the Federal Capital Territory ) and more, received SIF Grant to implement innovative projects. These innovative projects included actions that addressed sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls, advancing women’s political participation, and increasing girl’s enrolment and retention in secondary schools. These innovative projects have included a wide range of women and girls focused interventions aimed at contributing towards the enjoyment of human rights by women and girls and advancing gender equality in Nigeria. Some of these innovations include:
Many of these interventions employed technology and other forms of participatory actions, thus making their proposed work distinct.