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Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre

Ikeja, Nigeria

Grants

2021 (1 year 4 months)
$400,000

Women Advocacy, Research, and Development Centre (WARDC) is a Nigerian nonprofit organization committed to promoting gender equality, justice, and equitable access for Nigerian women using advocacy, litigation, and policy reform strategies. This award supports information sharing and peer learning to address Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria. With this award, WARDC develops standard operating procedures (SoPs) for responding to SGBV, organizes validation workshops of the SoPs among key stakeholders, and publishes and disseminates copies of the SoPs. It also trains the Nigerian Governors’ Wives Forum on the SoPs for SGBV, maps SGBV responders, and is developing a national directory on SGBV resources to provide information on response mechanisms across the states. In addition, it strengthens the capacity of Sexual Assault Referral Centers in six states to effectively respond to survivors of SGBV by providing psychosocial support and other services. Lastly, WARDC produces short videos and Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) materials in English, Pidgin English, Igbo, Yoruba, and Hausa to amplify the campaign against SGBV in Nigeria.

2016 (2 years)
$200,000

Women Advocacy, Research, and Development Center (WARD-C) is a Nigerian nonprofit promoting research, development, and respect for the rights of women and girls. Previous Foundation assistance to WARD-C aimed to improve accountability for maternal health through mobilization, strategic litigation, campaigns, and networking. With this final award, WARD-C continues to use legal tools to promote accountability for pregnant women and their families. The organization is sensitizing and mobilizing pregnant women and community influencers, and building capacity of legal officers to improve litigation and alternative dispute resolution techniques. It is building on earlier advocacy and campaigns in order to keep a focus on the link between professional misconduct and negligence (among health service professionals) and the high maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria. This award is part of the maternal health accountability portfolio in Nigeria and is expected to generate evidence of how accountability mechanisms can contribute to improving maternal health outcomes and reducing the maternal mortality burden

2013 (3 years)
$200,000

The project seeks to promote social and legal accountability that will support the reduction of maternal mortality in Nigeria. Three principal activities to be implemented are (a) public interest litigation on maternal health, (b) research and documentation on maternal health and human rights accountability, and (c) a nationwide advocacy campaign called “Not Again.”