The Foundation’s Gender Justice Programme was established to improve safeguarding for women and vulnerable adults in work and education spaces in Nigeria. The initiative will address power asymmetries that enable gender-based violence in Nigerian institutions and organizations.
The culture of sexual harassment in the work place and on university campuses poses a serious threat to the wellbeing and empowerment of young women in Nigeria. More...
A web-based whistleblowing platform (https://genderjustice.org.ng/) was developed for university students of partner institutions to report and seek justice for incidents of sexual harassment or violation without fear of recrimination. A coalition of civil society actors led by Education as a Vaccine (EVA) support universities to manage incidents reported to the platform. Partner universities include University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Bayero University, Kano; University of Lagos and the American University of Nigeria, Yola.
The Foundation produced and disseminated an explainer video on how to blow the whistle on sexual harassment on campus.