The Initiative for Women and Girls Right Advancement (IWOGRA), a non-governmental organization with support from ‘ActionAid Nigeria and Ford Foundation’ recently held a Capacity Building Workshop for Women and Girls on Cultural and Social Norms that promotes Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).
IWOGRA implemented the activity under the Strengthening the Capacities of Women’s Rights Organizations to Combat Violence Against Women and Girls (SLOC-VAWG) Project.
According to the Executive Director of IWOGRA, Nkechi Obiagbaoso-Udegbunam, the goal of the project is to contribute to women and girls living with reduced gender-based violence and fear of it through effective women-led VAWG programming. The organization is implementing the project in three communities in Abuja; Chika, Jikwoyi, and Dutse Alhaji. To kickstart implementation of the project, IWOGRA paid courtesy visits to the traditional leaders of the selected communities and got their buy-in as regards supporting actions to end VAWG in their communities.