PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE THROUGH THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS
This project which is a sub-grant award is expected to run from June 2022 through October 2022. FIDA Nigeria as part of activities aimed at promoting women, youth and PWD inclusion in key democratic and governance processes observed the participation of women, women with disabilities and other...
Read MoreSTRENGTHENING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND LOCAL ENGAGEMENT
Our focus is aimed at strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations towards improving local engagements with key stakeholders within two component areas on countering trafficking in persons and providing effective prevention & response on issues of Sexual and Gender-Based...
Read MoreACTION AID WE-YOU PRO PROJECT
FIDA Nigeria as resource partner under the ActionAid Elections work under Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL) Programme is managing the implementation of the Innovation Campaign component of the Campaign for inclusion of women and young people in political and governance processes...
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PALLADIUM SCALE PROJECT
FIDA Nigeria as a resource partner under the Palladium Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) Project is managing the implementation of SCALE components 4 and 5 under the project. The project presents an opportunity for FIDA to continue its work and scale up its...
Read MoreSTRENGTHENING COLLABORATION AMONGST CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACTORS TO DEEPEN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARCHITECTURE TO ENSURE THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACJA/AC
FIDA Nigeria has been involved in strengthening Collaboration amongst Criminal Justice Actors to deepen The Criminal Justice Architecture to Ensure the Effective Implementation of the ACJA/ACJLs and its compatibility with Anticorruption Laws. This three-year intervention is implemented in six...
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FORD FOUNDATION
Work with Gatekeepers including Women Leaders, Youth, Religious Leaders and Traditional Rulers to Address Social Norms that Negatively Affect the Status of Women and Entrench Violence Against Women And Girls: The project is aimed at mitigating the incidence of GBV in the Federal Capital...
Read MoreTHE EMBASSY OF SWITZERLAND
Mitigation of Gender Based Violence through the Training of Community Paralegals in the Federal Capital Territory: The project will be implemented in two communities each of Abuja Municipal Area Council, Bwari and Kuje area councils. It is designed to train 10 women in each of the...
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Action Aid
As part of efforts to promote and protect the rights of Women and Girls in Nigeria, FIDA Nigeria, with funding from @ActionAidNigeria through the Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria Project, announces the commencement of a 5-year Project in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja with focus on...
Read MoreUN SPOTLIGHT INITIATIVE (UNSI)
FIDA Nigeria is a selected UN Women implementing partner on the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative. The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations (EU-UN) Agencies to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. The Initiative...
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ENABLING CAPACITY FOR THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACJA – THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION PROJECT
Across the branches of FIDA Nigeria, the MacArthur Foundation supported the Enabling Capacity for the adoption and implementation of the ACJA, 2015. The project spans from 2017-2020. The project aimed at building the capacity of FIDA members in the criminal justice sector across the state...
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ADVOCACY FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE VAPP ACT AND ITS EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION – THE VOICE PROJECT
The project titled, Advocacy for the adoption of the VAPP Act, 2015 in Rivers State, its effective implementation in Abuja and Lagos State under the Voice Influencing Grant commenced in September, 2017 and aims at promoting the adoption of the VAPP Act in Rivers state, popularizing its...
Read MoreGENDER BASED VIOLENCE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (GBVIMS) PROJECT
Efforts to keep accurate statistics on gender-based violence in Nigeria; FIDA Nigeria collaborated with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and other stakeholders on the development and implementation of Information Management System. The sole aim of the GBVIMS is to harmonize...
Read MoreACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR CONFLICT-INDUCED DISPLACED POPULATION
This project targeted over sixty thousand internally displaced persons (IDPs) with the aim of providing legal information and assistance to ensure that the target beneficiaries enjoy the gains of justice system. The project was funded by International Organization on Migration in Borno State...
Read MoreCHALLENGING IMPUNITY THROUGH GENDER PROTECTION AND EMPOWERMENT PROJECT
The Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme funded the Challenging Impunity through Gender Protection and Empowerment implemented in Yobe state from March 2016 to March 2017 with various activities which in include Establishment and Capacity building of Stakeholder’s Monitoring Forum...
Read MoreSENSITIZATION OUTREACH ON VAPP ACT 2015
With support from IPAS Nigeria supported the Legislative Advocacy Coalition on Violence against Women (LACVAW) through FIDA Nigeria to conduct a sensitization outreach to Bwari Area Council, Abuja on the provisions of the VAPP Act, 2015 in December 2015. While in June 2016, IPAS Nigeria...
Read MoreSTOP-VAWIE
The Stop Violence against Women in Election popularly called Stop-VAWIE project was in implemented in Bayelsa, Edo, Kogi and Ondo States. The project was designed to collate data on female victims of elections in public and private spaces. With support from National Democratic...
Read MorePROMOTING AND PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
The Australian Embassy supported a projection on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Women and Children through the Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 (VAPP Act). The project was implemented in Abuja, Ekiti and Lagos States from February, 2016 till December, 2016. The...
Read MoreACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR INDIGENT WOMEN
FIDA Nigeria embarked on a project supported by Social Development Fund of the French Embassy across five states including FCT. The project activities were sensitization rally, media campaign on access to justice programme, development of IEC and training of paralegals. The project provided...
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