A PEACE PERSPECTIVE OF THE JUST CONCLUDED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Oshodi/Isolo Local government Area of Lagos state witnessed live rounds of gunshot in the air as voters ran for their safety, away from the polling units. Election materials were on fire preceding the dispersed center. The just concluded 2019 presidential election had met with a plethora […]
Mass Atrocity Documentation in 5 South Eastern States (Media Files) Project Title: Documentation as an important Mechanism to ensuring Accountability of Mass Atrocities in South Eastern Nigeria. Overall Objective of Project: To develop an effective mechanism for documenting atrocities that occur in vulnerable communities and provide support used for demanding accountability. Project Details: The project […]
Introduction: Alliances for Africa (AfA) organized a capacity training on February 7-8, 2019 on policy engagement skills and strategies as advocates and promoters of anti-corruption and accountability. The capacity training took place in San Diego Hotel Abakiliki, Ebonyi state, and had 60 participants in attendance. The residential capacity training brought together, civil society organization, faith […]
Turning Walls into Bridges 2018 was a remarkable year to increase advocacy towards the full implementation of 35% affirmation action. Thanks to the United Nations Funds for Gender Equality which supported activities advocating the full implementation of 35% affirmative action from 2016 through 2019 in South East Nigeria. Alliances for Africa team remained active in […]
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Despite this effort from decades ago, the representation of women in both elective and appointive positions is very low as women are usually marginalized in terms of participating in the process of political leadership and decision making. Download December Newsletter PDF to know more…
GENDER (WOMEN) AND THE ENVIRONMENT GENDER (WOMEN) AND THE ENVIRONMENT nvironment is one word that has become very popular in the past decade due to the undesirable effect of climate change. What comes to mind when we hear the word environment is our surroundings, trees, water, air, the animals around us and a […]
Yuletide greetings from all of us at Alliances for Africa. We appreciate you for all the support though the Year. This is to bring to your attention that Alliances for Africa will be Closing for the Christmas and New Year Holiday on the 21st of December 2018 to resume on the 7th of January […]
September Newsletter (PDF) Cultural Barrier among other factors continues to perpetuate the low representation of women in leadership at national, state and local levels in Nigeria. Working experience with women and traditional rulers at the community level in the southeast shows that four (4) out of the five (5) southeastern states have a cultural or […]
THE AUGUST MEETING The Aba Women’s Riot was a story I heard while growing up but did not pay much attention to. I was oblivious of the impact it made in the lives of women in the eastern part of Nigeria until I relived history in the play titled “The August Meeting”. The play which […]