Project profile — Women’s Voice and Leadership - Nigeria

• Nigeria (100.00%)

• Government And Civil Society, General: Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (significant objective)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (significant objective)

This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organisations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights, and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the significant, globally recognized gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements around the world. This project, implemented by ActionAid Nigeria, is expected to directly benefit 100 local women's rights organizations and their extended networks in six states across Nigeria. The project also aims to support the implementation of innovative ideas and approaches led by local women’s rights organizations.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved institutional capacity of local women’s and girls’ rights organizations (WROs) to set their agendas and manage the delivery of their programs in Nigeria; (2) improved effectiveness of WROs to deliver programs and advocate for women’s rights, including through innovative approaches; and (3) increased effectiveness of local women’s rights platforms, movements and networks to influence policy, legislation, social beliefs and practices in favour of gender equality and innovative approaches in Nigeria.

Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) provided over CAD 4,5 million in direct funding to over 113 women’s rights organizations across Nigeria in the form of responsive funds, multi-year grants, and innovation funds; (2) With the project’s support, training, and funding, 100% of women’s rights organizations reported a greater reach of their program. Also, a total of 100 partners, including 18 Local women's rights organizations (LWROs), 72 Community based organizations (CBOs), and 10 networks, have demonstrated improved capacity to implement women's rights and feminist interventions; and (3) Women’s rights organizations supported through the project have influenced 47 women’s rights related policies, laws, frameworks or other government plans. These include the Kwara State action plan 1325 on women, peace and security, gender strategies for five universities and the Gender policy amendment for the independent national electoral commission of Nigeria.

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