FACTSHEET ON THE VIOLENCE AGAINST PERSONS PROHIBITION ACT 2015

In May 2015, the Nigerian National Assembly passed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, a landmark law designed to address the escalating issue of violence against individuals, particularly gender-based violence. The Act was introduced to bridge gaps in existing laws, providing a comprehensive framework to criminalise various forms of violence, including domestic abuse, sexual...Read More

PWAN ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2023

In 2023, PWAN clocked eight years and embarked on a transformative journey, driven by our commitment to promoting community engagement, access to justice, and protection for marginalised populations in Nigeria. Through our relentless efforts, we have successfully achieved significant milestones in increasing access to justice, promoting the meaningful participation of women and other excluded...Read More

Fact Sheet on Gender-Based Security Threat Assessment of 2023 General Elections in Nigeria: Volume III

As the country prepares for the off-cycle governorship elections taking place on the 11th of November in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states, there are lessons to be learned from partnersnigeria’s gender-based security threat assessment of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria: volume (I-III). You can download a copy of our fact sheet by clicking on the button below:   Read More

The Gender-Based Security Threat Assessment of the 2023 Election in Nigeria: Volume II

In February 2023, PWAN with support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) released ‘The Gender-Based Security Threat Assessment of the 2023 Election in Nigeria: Volume II with a focus on the gubernatorial elections.  Although the elections were characterized by various challenges and issues, the report is particularly focused on the threats and general problems women faced...Read More

REPORT ON THE GENDER-BASED SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT OF THE 2023 ELECTION IN NIGERIA: VOLUME II

Based on the observation of the recently concluded February 25th Presidential and National Assembly elections in Nigeria, PWAN with support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has released The Gender-Based Security Threat Assessment of the 2023 Election in Nigeria: Volume II which is a follow-up on the Gender-Based Pre-2023 Election Security Threat Assessment in Nigeria: Volume 1....Read More

FULL REPORT ON THE GENDER-BASED PRE-2023 ELECTION SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT IN NIGERIA

Last week, the Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative (also known as Partners West Africa-Nigeria) released the abridged version of a report on the gender-based pre-2023 election security threat assessment in Nigeria. The full report is now provided which assesses security threats that women in Nigeria are likely to face before the 2023 general elections. The assessment was conducted across...Read More

GENDER-BASED PRE-2023 ELECTION SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT IN NIGERIA

Despite the fact that women have historically been underrepresented in Nigerian political processes, there has been a significant increase in women’s political participation over the years, but not in comparison to the number of male counterparts actively participating in Nigerian politics. Women have been lobbying, sensitising, and advocating for the passage of the Bill to amend the...Read More

Promoting Survivor-Centered Policing In Nigeria

While Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is prevalent in Nigeria, inadequate response mechanisms deny survivors the needed access to survivor-centred services and support. In late 2020, Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN) published the report of a study we carried out on the impact of the lockdown across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria on Women; one of the findings...Read More

PWAN’S POLITICAL MENTORSHIP AND BOOTCAMP PHOTOBOOK 3

Given the re-emergence of authoritarian regimes across Africa and several other countries around the world in the last decade, the concept of democracy has struggled to thrive in some of those countries. Nigeria has particularly suffered from the effects of poor leadership at all levels and the state of democracy in the country has remained constant in the last 10 years. The country has...Read More

FACT SHEET: AN ASSESSEMENT of the 2022 EKITI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

Hypothetically, after twenty years of uninterrupted civil rule in Nigeria and six election cycles, elections in Nigeria should be devoid of the negativities that have marked the conduct of elections between 1960 and 1999. Conversely, the over two decades of democracy have not yielded the corollary of positivity, good conduct, and peaceful elections in Africa’s largest democracy. Consequently,...Read More