wvl nigeria factsheet (year 1)

WVL NIGERIAFACTSHEET (YEAR 1)

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WHAT

WVL Nigeria Factsheet

The project seeks to support Local

Women’s Rights Organisations (LWROs)

and their movements in their efforts to

eliminate discrimination and rights

violations in policy and legislation and

the provision of services, as well as

harmful social beliefs and practices in

Nigeria.


HOW


This intervention is designed to

respond to the challenges faced by

Local Women’s Rights Organizations in

Nigeria through provision of multiple

layers of funding and

targeted/tailored capacity building

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GEOLOCATIONS


The project is being implemented

in 6 states and the FCT spread

across all 6 geo-political zones of

Nigeria


Strategic Innovation

Fund (SIF):

designed to support

innovative ideas and

initiatives from

Women’s Rights

Organizations beyond

WVL Nigeria project

states. .

Strategic Opportunity

Fund (SOF)

rapid response fund

designed to enable

LWROs and their

networks to respond

promptly to rights

violations

Multi-year granting

5-year predictable

funding arrangement for

100 Local Women’s

Rights Organizations

(LWROs) and Networks

Layers of Funding

FCT (Networks)

International Federation of Women Lawyers of Nigeria

(FIDA)

Women in Politics Forum (WPF)

League of Women Voters of Nigeria (NILOWN)

Network of Disabled Women of Nigeria (NDW) 100 Women Lobby Group

Christian Women for Excellence and Empowerment in

Nigerian Society (CWEENS)

Small Scale Women Farmers Organization of Nigeria

(SWOFON)


Lagos State

Women Radio 91.7

Center for Gender Economics Initiative (CGE)

Women's Rights and Health Project (WRAHP)

NECA's Network of Entrepreneurial Women (NNEW) -

Network


Enugu State

Women Information Network (WINET)

Women Aid Collective (WACOL)

Women Empowerment and Peace Building Initiative

(WEPBI)

Nigerian Feminist Forum (NFF) - Network


Cross-River State

Neighborhood Care-Well Foundation

Child Care and Adult Protection Initiative (CCAPI)

Centre for Training and Development Activities

(CETDA)/Gender and Development Action (GADA)


Kebbi State

NANA Girls and Women empowerment initiative

Association of Women Living with HIVAIDs (ASWHAN)

Kungiyar Tallafin Mata Development Initiative (KTMDI)


Bauchi State

Attah Sisters' Helping Hands Foundation (ASHH)

Fahimta Women and Youth Development Initiative

(FAWOYDI)

Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria

(FOMWAN) - Network

Rahama Women Development Programme


Kwara State

International Women Communication Center (IWCC)

Olive Community Development Initiative (OCDI)

Global Hope for Women and Children Foundation

(GLOHWOC)


Strategic Opportunity Fund

Beneficiaries100 Women Lobby

Group

Women in Politics

ForumTypeNetwork

Issue AddressedElectoral Violence targeting

women (Burning alive of

Salome Abuh in Kogi 2019

elections)

FCTWVL Partner


BeneficiariesWomen Advocates

Research and

Documentation Center

(WARDC) TypeOrganization

Issue AddressedExclusion of women in politics

(Ogun state commissioner list

with only 2 female nominees

out of 17)

OgunNon -WVL Partner


BeneficiariesWomen Aid Collective

TypeOrganization

Issue AddressedSexual and physical Violence

Against Women and Girls

(Rape case and battery of

survivor’s protection officer by

police)

EnuguWVL Partner


BeneficiariesOlive Community Development

Initiative TypeOrganization

Issue AddressedCommunity Response to

COVID 19 from a women’s

rights perspective

KWARAWVL Partner


BeneficiariesWomen Radio

TypeOrganization

Issue AddressedBroadcast Media response to


rights perspective

LagosWVL Partner


BeneficiariesDinidari Foundation

TypeOrganization



rights perspective

KadunaNon -WVL Partner


BeneficiariesAssociation of

Women Living with

HIVAIDs TypeOrganization



rights perspective

KebbiWVL Partner


BeneficiariesWomen Empowerment and

Peace Building Initiative TypeOrganization



rights perspective

EnuguWVL Partner


BeneficiariesChild Care and

Adult Protection

Initiative TypeOrganization



rights perspective

Cross RiverWVL Partner

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