This package contains country-specific resources for Nigeria.
The collection includes publications, manuals, resources for trainers, documentary films, interviews with women leaders, international, national, and regional laws, event records, and oral histories.
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2020 Vision Conference: Panel 1 - Securing Women's Safety and Dignity: Mobilizing for a World Free of Violence against Women (video, English)
Published:The first of two panel discussions taking place during WLP's conference, 2020 Vision: Mobilizing for Women's Rights and Ending Violence
Advancing Economic Justice: Partnering for Women's Rights Globally (video, English)
Published:For the CSW68, Women's Learning Partnership convened civil society leaders and experts to discuss strategies to advance women's economic
Ayesha Imam interview on information and communication technology (ICT) and activism (video, English)
Published:Ayesha Imam, then head of WLP Nigeria/BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (BAOBAB), talks about specific ways that Information and
Ayesha Imam interview on women in politics, the Qu'ran and Muslim societies, and women's rights in Nigeria (video, English)
Published:Ayesha Imam, founder and former executive director of WLP Nigeria/BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights, discusses women's participation in
Bunmi Diplo Salami interview on women's rights and activism in Nigeria, patriarchy, and WLP leadership curriculum (video, English)
Published:Bunmi Diplo-Salami, of BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (BAOBAB), speaks on the state of women's rights in Nigeria and BAOBAB's work in the
Celebrating UN Women Panel 1: Our vision for UN Women: Views from the field (video, English)
Published:This video presents the first panel, response from Dr. Bachelet, and an audience Q&A at Celebrating UN Women: The Way Forward, a symposium
Charter of Demands: Actualizing Women's Land Rights in Africa (booklet, English)
Published:This booklet presents a list of demands on land rights developed through a consultative process involving representative of the Rural Women
Child Rights Act of Nigeria (document, English)
Published:Nigeria Child Rights Act No.26 of 2003
Citizenship Rights of Nigeria (document, English)
Published:Chapter III of the Federal Constitution of Nigeria, 1999
Constitution of Nigeria (document, English)
Published:The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria of 1999, with amendments through 2011.
Cultural Boundaries and Cyber Spaces: Eleventh Presentation with Ayo Obe [Part 14] (video, English)
Published:Thoraya Obaid talks briefly on the need for open dialogue with women who are against the advancement of women's rights before introducing
Domestic Prevention Law of Lagos State, Nigeria (document, English)
Published:A Law to Provide Protection Against Domestic Violence and Connected Purposes, Lagos State of Nigeria, 2007.
Equality Starts in the Family Campaign Booklet (booklet, English)
Published:This booklet provides an overview of WLP's global campaign, Equality Starts in the Family, which focuses on changing the culturally
Equality Starts in the Family: Research and Advocacy for Change (video, English)
Published:WLP launched Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence against Women: International Perspectives, on November 1, 2018 in conjunction with
Equality: It's All in the Family (video, English)
Published:Experts discuss the spectrum of family laws defining relations between men and women, and examine their impact on women’s rights.
Five interviews with NGO leaders in Africa on vision, inspiration, challenges, and WLP Training of Trainers impact (video, English)
Published:Five interviews with African women from different women's rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across Africa who participated in the
Hafsat Abiola-Costello interview on background, civil society, and human rights in Nigeria and Africa (video, English)
Published:Part of a series of interviews recorded at WLP International with WLP partners following transnational partners meeting, September 2015 (for
Hafsat Abiola-Costello Interview on Confronting Violence Against Women in Multi-Ethnic Societies (video, English)
Published:Part of a series of interviews recorded in conjunction with WLP public event, 'Challenges of Change: Religion, Secularism and Rights'.
Interviews on global issues facing women: empowerment, leadership, and information and communication technology (video, English)
Published:This video is a compilation of interview clips and footage segments from the Cultural Boundaries and Cyber Spaces conference in June 2000
Interviews with WLP Partners on organizational work and future plans (video, English and Arabic)
Published:Participants in the WLP Transnational Partners Convening (TPC), (Beirut, Lebanon, September 25-27, 2004): 12 interviewees describe the work
Leading to Change Panel 1: Breaking the Silence: Culture, Conflict, and Extremism (video, English)
Published:A panel discussion from WLP's symposium, Leading to Change: Eliminating Violence Against Women in Muslim Societies. Panelists from
Leading to Change Panel 3: Women, Empowerment, and Justice (video, English)
Published:A panel discussion from WLP's symposium, Leading to Change: Eliminating Violence Against Women in Muslim Societies. Panelists from Morocco
Leading to Change: Eliminating Violence Against Women in Muslim Societies (brochure, English)
Published:This resource is the full event program of: Leading to Change: Eliminating Violence Against Women in Muslim Societies.
Leading to Choices: Women's Leadership and Institutional Change [Part 1] (video, English)
Published:This audio recording includes the first part of a panel discussion from WLP's event, Leading to Choices: Women's Leadership and
Leading to Choices: Women's Leadership and Institutional Change [Part 2] (video, English)
Published:This audio recording includes the second part of a panel discussion from WLP's event, Leading to Choices: Women's Leadership and
Lifelines 2002: Merle Collins (video, English)
Published:Merle Collins of Grenada presents her poetry at WLP's Lifelines: The Literature of Women's Human Rights, 2002, American University.
Mma Odi Oral History (audio files, English)
Published:This resource page links to the audio recording files for Mma Odi's oral history interviews (Nigeria).
Mma Odi Oral History Content Summary (document, English)
Published:This document is a time-coded written summary in five-minute increments of an oral history interview with Mma Odi (Nigeria).
Sindi Medar Gould Interview on Successes and Challenges in Anti-Violence Against Women Activism in Nigeria (video, English)
Published:Part of a series of interviews focusing on best practices for activists and human rights organizations with speakers and panelists of WLP's
Sindi Medar Gould interview on women and girls in Nigerian society, and BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (video, English)
Published:Sindi Medar Gould, then Executive Director of WLP Nigeria/BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights (BAOBAB), describes her organization's mentoring
The World We Seek (brochure, English)
Published:Summary
This resource is the full event program of: The World We Seek: Reigniting the Dialogue on Human Security. WLP and the Johns Hopkins
The World We Seek: Panel 1: Women's Vision of a New Compact of Rights (video, English)
Published:This video presents Panel 1 from WLP's The World We Seek conference. Four panelists share their vision of universal human rights and how
Violence Against Persons Prevention Law of Nigeria (document, English)
Published:Violence Against Persons Prevention Act of the Federal Republic of Nigeria of 2015.
Women and Leadership in Muslim Societies: Voices for Change [Part 1] (video, English)
Published:A discussion on the relationship between international security and human rights, and women's leadership in the Muslim world as a positive
Women and Leadership in Muslim Societies: Voices for Change [Part 2] (video, English)
Published:A continued discussion on the relationship between international security and human rights, and women's leadership in the Muslim world as a
Women Leading with Courage in Times of Crisis (video, English)
Published:WLP hosted a virtual webinar Women Leading with Courage in Times of Crisis on April 28, 2020.
Women of Substance (video, English)
Published:Women of Substance is a documentary film about different groups of grassroots women's rights activists and their fight to increase access to