Fellow: Nsini Udonta Grant Year: 2018 City: Lagos, Nigeria Organization: Project Alert on Violence Against Women Project title: Improving Judicial Process for Implementation of the Protection Against Domestic Violence Law in Lagos State Project summary: Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey findings from 2013 reveal that 28% of women ages 15 – 19 have experienced physical domestic abuse. This figure does not … Read More

Fellow: Medupin Olusegun Paul Grant Year: 2018 City: Abuja, Nigeria Organization: Youth Hub Africa Project Title: Universal Basic Education (UBE) Act Amendment Campaign Project Project Summary: Nigeria has one of the highest number of out of school children in the world, with almost 10.5 million school-age children not in school, according to the most recent UNICEF report. About 60% of these out-of-school … Read More

Fellow: Enemo Amaka Grant Year: 2018 City: Abuja, Nigeria Organization: Passion and Concern for Women Welfare and Empowerment Initiative (PACOWWEI) Project Title: Support to End Violence Against Sex Workers by Law Enforcement Project Summary: In Nigeria, female sex workers face high levels of violence, stigma, discrimination and other human rights violations. According to one study in 2014, more than 60% of sex workers … Read More

Fellow: Osazoduwa Agboneni Grant Year: 2018 City: Lagos, Nigeria Organization: Nenis Foundation Project title: Gender Inequality in Engineering Curriculum Project summary: According to the 2018 Member Survey Report of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, only 7% of Nigerian engineers are women, revealing a huge gender gap in the engineering field. Often considered “consumers” rather than “creators”, women are too often left … Read More