Grantee Profile
Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative
Grants to Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative
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$350,000Active Strategy
2010 (Duration 3 years)
Human Rights & International Justice
ABUJA, NIGERIA — In support of a project on Islamic Family Law (over three years).
The MacArthur Foundation awarded Women's Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative $350,000 between 2010 and 2013.
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December 25, 2009 - From the field
Resolutions Advance Discussion of Women’s Rights under Sharia’h Law in Nigeria
Based on a study by the Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA), a MacArthur grantee, several government and Muslim leaders in northwestern Nigeria have agreed to principles that could advance discussions about women’s rights under Sharia’h law, including consent to marriage. More