Students Demand Justice For Battered Female By Soldiers Over Non Payment Of Fees
The National Association of Ogun State Students has called for a thorough investigation into the incident that led to the assault of their female colleague,…
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FACTS ABOUT THE GENDER AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES BILL
Gender and Equal Opportunity (GEO) Bill is a direct response to the concerns on the delays in the domestication of gender focused international treaties/conventions particularly…
Nigerian Government & Violence Against Women – What Happens When The Perpetrator Is A Policeman – And The State Fails To Ensure Justice?
Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre (WARDC); & the Institute for Human Rights & Development in Africa (IHRDA) have sued the Nigerian government at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice on behalf of a Mary Sunday 30 years, who was a victim of domestic assault by a Police Corporal.
VAW, SURVIVIOR SPEAKS OUT
I am a young woman, a graduate of a highly reputable Nigerian University, legally married to my very educated husband since 2003, our union produced 3 children. While living together as husband and wife, our relationship was fraught with several emotional, physical and psychological abuses but I stayed on due to family and societal pressure that a wife should endure whatever abuses to ensure that she stays in her matrimonial home.
Mysterious Deaths Of Pregnant Women In Lagos-Ogun Boundary Community
Mr. Alex Egbon looked forward to an elaborate naming ceremony for his fourth child. But that was not to be. His joy was cut short.…
Kemi Died At Childbirth, Exactly Twenty Days After Her Wedding
The late choreographer Kemi Omotoyinbo died during childbirth in a private hospital in Lagos on October 1st, exactly twenty days after her wedding to her…
Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) is a non-profit civil rights organization established in the year 2000. To promote respect for human rights, gender equality, equity, the rule of law, accountability, and social justice in Nigeria.
WARDC is a women’s rights organization in Nigeria, which provides pro bono legal services for women victims of gender-based violence and other women’s rights abuse.
OFFICE ADDRESS
Lagos Office:
No 22, Afariogun street, off Obafemi Awolowo way, Ikeja Underbridge, Lagos.
Abuja Office:
No 17, Iwopin close off ondo street, behind Area 1 shopping complex, Garki-Abuja
Abeokuta Office:
Ifeolu Close, off Igbore Street, Behind Ijeja Stadium, Abeokuta.
Email:
info@wardcnigeria.org
womenadvocate@yahoo.com
Phone Nos.:
+2348180056401, +2348055951858