Promoting Safety and Security for the Girl-Child Education in North Eastern Nigeria Project (PSSGE)

Background   Women’s Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) is one of those groups in a national movement leading a coordinated effort by concerned women, youth and professionals across Nigeria advocating for the quick rescue and return of the nearly 300 young girls abducted by insurgents in a girls secondary school in Chibok, in Borno state north-east Nigeria. Under the national rubric, bring Back Our Girls.   WRAPA’s participation is pr  

MAPPING OF SEXUAL AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN INTERNALLY DISPLACED CAMPs & SELECTED COMMUNITIES IN BORNO STATE NORTH EAST NIGERIA

Background The increasing spread of nefarious activities of the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria, massive violation of human rights, loss of lives and destruction of infrastructure are serious issues that cannot be dismissed with a wave of a hand. According to the Human Rights Watch (2014), Boko Haram insurgency has led to the high rate of human casualties, as thousands of deaths have been recorded from 2009 to 2014. These numbers have changed the status of women into widows and th  

Gender and Accountability Project

Background - Corruption is a destructive and complex trend that permeates the human, social and economic fabric of institutions and nations. The consequences however are grave due to the systemic erosion of public resources that could be deployed to the general good of all. In Nigeria, the impact of corruption has stifled growth and development depriving citizens of access to basic services, declined productivity with accentuated low personal income. These and others have bec  

Islamic Family Law Project in North Western Nigeria (IFL), Phase Three.

Background The WRAPA Islamic Family Law project is being implemented with support from MacArthur Foundation and the Governments of the seven Northwest States to enhance the application and improve practice around Islamic Family Law matters. The project grew out of concerns with the way and manner Islamic family law and practice was understood and practiced in the 7 North Western States of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara. Assumption was rooted in the u  

Enhancing Access for Justice for Women- Legal Aid Services

 BACKGROUND Establishment of legal aid clinics and legal aid committees in 21 states which receive and pursue litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods to enforce the rights of women and seek redress in situations of discrimination or the violation of the rights to human dignity especially in situations of domestic violence, cultural disinheritance, public/work place harassment and gender discrimination.   OUTCOMES / IMPA

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