Center for Advancement of Development Rights
Center for Advancement of Development Rights
Lagos
CEADER provides women’s human rights and reproductive health education and employment skills to poor and disenfranchised women and teenage girls in Nigeria, and advocates for programs and policies that reduce women’s financial, physical, and political marginalization.
Partner Focus Areas
Economic self-reliance
Participation in leadership and politics
Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Rights of women in marginalized communities
Partnership Highlights
Partner since 2014
Gender sensitization and leadership for teens
Family law reform research and advocacy
Women's political participation and peacebuilding
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The percentage of seats held by women in the Nigerian National Assembly. Nigeria ranks 181 out of 189 in the representation of women in legislative bodies. Inter-Parliamentary Union
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The number of adolescents aged 10-19 years living with HIV in 2015. Girls are disproportionately affected, accounting for 70 per cent of all new infections in this age group. UNICEF Report 2017