CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Recruitment of a Consultant for PWAN’s 2020 Annual Report Opening Date: December 21, 2020 Closing Date: December 28, 2020 The Rule of Law and Empowerment Initiative also known as Partners West Africa Nigeria (PWAN) is a women led non-governmental organization dedicated to enhancing citizens participation and improving security governance in Nigeria and West Africa broadly, As a women...Read More 0
NARRATIVE REPORTS ON THE ASSESSMENT OF NUMAN AND DEMSA LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
The administration of Local governments in Nigeria has been faced with challenges despite being the third tier of government and the closest to the citizens. With 774 LGAs across the country, it has become increasingly difficult to differentiate between the duties of States and even the Federal Government as a whole, which has led to ineffectiveness and inefficiency of basic service delivery....Read More 0
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF YOUNG WOMEN FOR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP BOOTCAMP Interested persons must be female Nigerians between the ages of 25years – 35 years. Must be passionate about good governance. Must be willing to complete the program (maximum of six months). Priority will be given to candidates who reside in Bauchi, Borno, Cross River, Edo, Enugu, Ekiti, Imo, Kebbi, Kwara, Niger, Ondo,...Read More 6
FCT COURTS SENTENCING GUIDELINES
The issue of decongestion of our correctional centers has been on the burner in public discourse for a long time now. Many interventions have been made by the government in this regard, however, the focus on litigation and legal representation as a solution has proven ineffective. According to the provisions of Part 44 of the ACJA and S.40 to 44 of the Nigerian Correctional Service Act,...Read More 0
ASSESSMENT OF AMAC AND BWARI AREA COUNCILS’ SERVICE DELIVERY ON EDUCATION, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION
Service delivery in the Nigerian public service structure is complicated and has created concerns about services rendered to citizens by the local governments ( LGs ) as inaccessible and inadequate. Local governments or area councils, constitutionally created as the third tier of government (government at the grassroots) have become appendages of states’ government, leading to...Read More 0
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
PWAN’s ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2019
“The criminal justice system is too important and crucial in the fabric of a democratic state to have agencies that are inefficient and are not being held accountable.” – Kemi Okenyodo DOWNLOAD PWAN's ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019Read 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 1