Stakeholders Reaffirm Commitment to Advancing SRHR Access for Africa’s Youth
Stakeholders including development partners, healthcare innovators, and policymakers has renewed their collective commitment to scaling up investment and action for adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) across Africa. This was the core of discussions at the National Policy Dialogue on Improving Adolescent Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, held recently in Abuja […]
Minister Reaffirms Commitment to Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Adolescents
Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Iziaq Adekunle Salako, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s unwavering commitment to promoting and protecting the sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) of all adolescents across the country. Salako stated this at a gender summit in Abuja themed, “New Voices and New Approaches for Accelerating an Inclusive […]
FG Pledges Stronger Action to Curb Unsafe Abortions and Save Women’s Lives
The Federal Government of Nigeria has restated its commitment to addressing the high incidence of unsafe abortions in Nigeria, calling this critical public health issue a preventable but deadly contributor to the nation’s maternal mortality rate. Speaking at the International Safe Abortion Conference in Abuja, Dr. Binyerem Ukaire, Director of Family Health at the Federal […]
WARDC Urges Soludo to Champion Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness in Anambra
Awka, Nigeria – The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) has called on Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, to forge strategic partnerships that will strengthen public awareness and policy implementation on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). The appeal was made during a one-day SRHR roundtable in Awka, bringing together grassroots women leaders, civil society organisations, religious representatives, and health advocates […]
Ogun Stakeholders Call for Legal Backing, Awareness to End Unsafe Abortion and Gender-Based ViolenceOgun Stakeholders Push for Legal Backing, Awareness to Curb Unsafe Abortion, GBV
Abeokuta, Nigeria – Stakeholders in the health and gender rights sectors have urged Ogun State to strengthen legal protections, scale up public awareness, and expand access to reproductive health services to curb the rising cases of unsafe abortion and gender-based violence (GBV). The call was made during a high-level roundtable on Sexual and Reproductive Health […]
LAGOS STATE GUIDELINES ON SAFE TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY FOR LEGAL INDICATIONS
Read Guidelines for Safe Termination of Pregnancy within the ambit of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2011.
CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: SITUATION ANALYSIS OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS IN NIGERIA FROM 1999 – PRESENT
ABOUT THE ORGANISATIONS Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) is a human right, feministorganisation with a mission to ensure gender justice for women and girls in Nigeria. Our workis framed by our commitments to promote the rights of women and girls from any forms ofdiscrimination and violence; sexual and reproductive rights, right to health […]
WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, MONDAY 29TH MARCH 2021
The Women Advocate Research and Documentation Centre, WARDC, in collaboration with the European Union, EU, and the United Nations Spotlight Initiative, recently held a one-day training for CSOs and marginalised groups on coordination mechanisms and social accountability in Lagos. Speaking at the event, Founding Director, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center, WARDC, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi,
WARDC WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, MONDAY 1ST MARCH 2021
WARDC organised Stakeholders Consultative Forum on Strengthening Systems on Zero Tolerance to SGBV wIth Unions, Teaching and Non-teaching Staff of Modibbo Adama University Yola
Gender Equality,
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Gender Equality,Peace and Securityin a COVID-19 World
WARDC tackles gender violence, rape in Lagos communities
The Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) says it has commenced the implementation of the Spotlight Initiative Project in Lagos State to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls. The EU-UN initiative was necessitated by the rising cases of rape and gender-based violence in communities in the state. To this end, the […]
About 2m females raped every year — Akiyode -Afolabi
Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, the Executive Director, Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC, speaks on the rise in rape cases. Rape has of late been on the rise. Do we have adequate deterrent for potential rapists? As we all know, rape is an unjustifiable act that is condemned in our society. The severity of the […]
If dressing is reason for rape, children shouldn’t be victims — Executive Director, women advocacy centre, Akiyode-Afolabi
If dressing is reason for rape, children shouldn’t be victims — Executive Director, women advocacy centre, Akiyode-Afolabi Published July 21, 2020 Executive Director, Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, in this interview with CHIMA AZUBUIKE, explains how government and parents can fight rising cases of rape What is actually responsible for the rising […]
COVID-19: For Victims of Abuse, Social Distancing Makes Things Worse
Gender-Based Violence Abiola Akiode-Afolabi, who is the executive director of WARDC, said although there was high prevalence of gender-based violence before the COVID-19, the pandemic and its attendant lockdown aggravated it. “Tension has built up, there is a lot of uncertainty, there are fears around and people are not sure whether they’re going to get their […]
COVID-19 palliative, a question mark on FG’s anti-graft war — WARDC
Sequel to findings from a national survey on the Federal Government’s COVID-19 palliative, the Women Advocates Research & Documentation Centre, WARDC, has expressed disappointment over President Muhammamadu Buhari’s anti-graft war. According to Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, Executive Director, WARDC, corruption characterises the palliative distribution, as revealed by the national survey entitled ‘Women and Corruption in Government […]
WARDC empowers women on public speaking, communication to curb GBV
With the alarming rate of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the country and the need to further sensitise more people especially in the grassroots, Women’s Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) have trained 40 women to serve this purpose. The two day session which bothered on communication and public speaking skills to better engage religious and […]
IWD: WARDC seeks end to violence against women, girls in lagos
In a bid to ensure gender justice in Nigeria as it relates to women and girls, the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) has called for an end to all forms of gender-based violence and harmful practices, that has become the order of the day in recent times. Executive Director, WARDC, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi […]