With support from the Open Society Foundation (OSF), AfA facilitated an inception meeting with a strategic litigation committee constituted by AfA, towards improving access to justice for women and girls in Imo state. The committee comprised 15 members from the ministry of Justice, frontline service providers who help identify cases, civil society organizations, human rights, […]
On the 24th of May, 2022, the Imo State Committee on Ending Violence against women championed the prosecution of a case of a Sexual and Gender-based Violence at the Justice Oputa High Court using the VAPP Law. The case, the First in the state to be tried using the VAPP law, is an alleged rape […]
Recently, AfA collaborated with the National Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Imo state and DeKing Charity to commemorate the International Menstrual Hygiene Day, on the theme,” Menstruation a Normal Fact of life by 2030/Skills for Girls”. The event which held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists New secretariate complex, Owerri, Imo state, was well attended […]
“There is no better investment of time and money than in the life of a child. They are the future” – Alma Powel Childhood is a memorable and unforgettable time in anyone’s life. How children are moulded today, will go a long way to determine the adults, leaders and activists of tomorrow. Also, the wealth of […]
To curb the high levels of discrimination, marginalization and under representation of women in governance, leadership, decision-making spaces and to ensure that women’s rights are protected and enforced in Nigeria, Alliances for Africa with support from Equality Now will be implementing a project tagged, “Coalition for the Domestication of the Maputo Protocol in Nigeria”, CODMAP. […]
Alliances for Africa, a member of the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR), issued a statement at the 71st Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, during the convening of the Commission’s Ordinary Session. Part of the statement addressed; • The Need to promote and protect women’s rights to be free […]
AfA received support from IPAS Nigeria to implement a project in Imo state that addresses issues leading to unintended pregnancies resulting in women and girls engaging in unsafe abortion methods. Our cultural, religious and traditional inhibitions to women’s human rights to access sexual and reproductive health information were important in taking on the project. The […]
In continuation of our Centre for Legislative Advocacy and MacArthur foundation funded project to prioritise and mainstream anti-corruption and accountability issues ahead the upcoming 2023 elections in Imo state, Nigeria, we implemented a wide range of activities in the first quarter of the year, to drive our demands for good governance. Advocacies, consultative meetings and […]
As a roll-up of the AWDF project on addressing systemic inequality in the South East, AfA held a one-day strategic meeting with CSOs in Nigeria. The project aims to strengthen efforts toward ending sexual and gender-based violence and will be implemented in Ebonyi and Enugu states. The two-year project on addressing systemic equalities through increasing […]
In the first quarter of 2022, AfA coordinated the shadow report project with support from Equality Now and the Solidarity for African Women’s Rights (SOAWR) on implementing the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Right on the Right of Women in Africa. A shadow report is to be submitted for consideration to […]