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International Women’s Day 2026 (IWD) comes at acritical momentfor women and girls in Nigeria and across the world. While progress has been made in education, representation, and advocacy, women continue to face structural inequalities, gender-based violence, economic and political exclusion, and insecurity. From sexual abuse and abductions in conflict and non-conflict zones to barriers in […]

As the world marks yet another International Women’s Day on March 8, 2022, with the campaign theme #BreaktheBias, Project Alert on Violence Against Women cannot but note the extreme bias and discrimination against women in Nigeria by federal legislators at the recent plenary session during which they voted on 68 bills seeking to amend the […]

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To enhance the capacity of community women and men’s groups to support the campaign to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG), Project Alert on Violence Against Women organized a Community capacity Building Workshop in Ifako IJaiye, Apapa and Mushin local government areas in the state with support from African Women Development […]

As part of the activities outlined for the “Legislative Advocacy on Gender-Based Violence & Women with Disability” supported by OSIWA, Project Alert’s Technical Committee members in Akwa Ibom State paid advocacy visits to the Deputy Speaker Akwa-Ibom State House of Assembly, Hon. Denis Akpan, representing Etinan Constituency; and the Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Mr. […]

Mrs. Blessing Christopher Onah, a mother of twins, was burnt with hot boiling water by her neighbor Josephine Omolu over the allegation that she greeted her (the neighbor) husband Sergeant Omolu. While Blessing was immediately taken to St. Victoria hospital for first aid treatment, Josephine was arrested and taken into police custody. Project Alert intervened […]