ASEESSMENT AND SUMMARY OF GENDER IN THE JUDICIAL SECTOR OF NIGERIA
The aim of this assessment is to interrogate to what extent the legal, policy, practices, and institutional frameworks flowing from the UNSCR and the NAP have coalesced towards fulfilling their underlying principles. Anchoring its probe on the judiciary, this study examines the levels and quality of gender awareness, representation and participation, the extent of gender sensitivity,...Read More 0
REPORT AND SUMMARY OF GENDER ASSESSMENT OF THE SECURITY SECTOR IN NIGERIA
Despite the fact that women make almost half of the Nigerian population, they are largely excluded from governance processes, conflict management structures and peacebuilding mechanisms In recognition of the pivotal role that women play in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, Nigeria launched its first National Action Plan (NAP) in August 2013 to domesticate the United Nations Security...Read More 0
PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN AGAINST SGBV IN KANO STATE
In recent times, Kano has been plagued with prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence cases. Although this is not an issue peculiar to Kano alone. From 2017 to 2020, the sexual assault referral center (SARC -WARAKA) in Kano has attended to 2158 cases of SGBV. These statistics reveal that 84.9 percent of children in Kano have faced one form of violence or another in their childhood. ...Read More 1
Training Manual for Divisional Station Officers, Crime Inspectors, Investigating Police Officers and prosecutors of the Plateau State Police Command on the Provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2018
PWAN has developed this “Training Manual for Divisional Stations Officers, Crime Inspectors, Investigating Police officers and Prosecutors” of Plateau State Police Command on ACJL 2018. The manual will assist officers of Plateau State Police Command and other states to improve their investigative and prosecutorial skills in the course of delivery of justice.DOWNLOADRead More 0
LAWS PROTECTING CHILDREN AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) IN KANO STATE
Some of the provisions in these laws protect the welfare, custody, adoption, and foster care of children. Others, prohibit hawking, trading, child labour, offences of GBV against children, custody of a child in remand home and educational structure of a child when a child commits an offence. DOWNLOADRead More 0
THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON NIGERIAN WOMEN
A rapid assessment of the impact of the lockdown on women across the country conducted by The Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN), has revealed amongst other issues, that there has been an increase in reporting of sexual and gender-based violence related offences across the country since the lockdown began. The economy of the country has not...Read More 0
Police Accountability: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria and the United States of America
#BlackLivesMatter and #NigerianLivesMatter Recent weeks saw protests across Africa, including in Nigeria, in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement happening in the United States that later snowballed across major cities around the world. These protests have been matched with powerful government statements across Africa.; but while the killing of George Floyd, who died when a white...Read More 0
Psycho-Social Assessment – Engaging Children to Counter Violent Extremism
The impact of armed conflict in Nigeria has created a fertile ground in the increase of the high prevalence of mental health problems among survivors. The North East is one of such regions in Nigeria that has experienced the post-traumatic symptoms of conflict that has affected both young and old as well as children who have to bear the brunt of these conflict. PWAN through its...Read More 1
An Assessment of COVID-19 on the Judiciary
There are several researches aimed at unravelling the impact of COVID-19 on the various sectors of governance and economy. This assessment aims at highlighting the impact of the pandemic on the judicial sector in general, and its impact on women as it relates to speedy trials and dispensation of justice in cases of sexual and gender-based violence in particular. In addition, the socio-economic...Read More 0
An assessment of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on members of the Security Sector Institutions (SSIS)
INTRODUCTION On December 8, 2019, pneumonia cases of unknown origin were identified in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province in China. The pathogen has since been identified as a novel enveloped Ribo Nucleic Acid (RNA) beta coronavirus that has currently been named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2). This novel coronavirus (nCoV) was identified by Chinese...Read More 0
POLICY BRIEF: REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA’S NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY 2019
In 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan signed and launched Nigeria’s first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) to serve as the overarching national strategy document in framing the country’s pursuit of its national security. The NSS was presented as a framework for a holistic and more coordinated approach and response to security challenges in the country. The development of the 2014...Read More 0
PWAN’S FIRST POLITICAL MENTORSHIP AND BOOTCAMP PHOTOBOOK
The shrinking space for women in the political process requires continuous engagements with various stakeholders on the importance of inclusive governance where women are given the opportunity to contribute their quota in national development. In order to achieve this, PWAN, with support from NED kicked off a project titled: Beyond voting: Increasing Women’s participation in the...Read More 0