GENDER AND WOMEN RIGHTS

CHALLENGES

  1. GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
  2. LIMITED ACCESS TO EDUCATION
  3. ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
  4. HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES
  5. POLITICAL UNDERREPRESENTATION
  6. DISCRIMINATORY LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
  7. CHILD MARRIAGE AND FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM)
  8. TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION

WACSOF PRPOSED Strategies

  1. LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY
  2. CAPACITY BUILDING
  3. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
  4. POLICY ADVOCACY
  5. EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS
  6. NETWORKING AND PARTNERSHIPS

MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

Role of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)

  1. ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING
  2. SERVICE PROVISION
  3. RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION
  4. EDUCATION AND AWARENES
  5. CAPACITY BUILDING:
  6. MONITORING AND REPORTING
  7. LEGAL SUPPORT:
  8. COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION

WACSOF IMPACTFUL ACTION IN GENER AND WOMEN RIGHTS

  1. WACSOF WORKED WITH ECOWAS ON SENTIZATION, TRAINING AND AWARENESS AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
  2. WACSOF CONDUCTED STUDIES ON THE IMPACT OF THE COVID19 PANDEMIC ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND HOW TO REDUCE IT
  3. WACSOF ORGANIZED ADVOCACY ACTIVITIES TO ECOWAS ON THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY WHICH LED TO IN THE FORMULATION OF THE ECOWAS CHARTER ON WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP IN EXTRACTIVE SECTOR GOVERNANCE
  4. WACSOF ORGANISED CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES FOR  WOMEN, YOUTH AND MEDIA PARTICIPATION IN DEMOCRACY AND ELECTIONS IN WEST AFRICA

WACSOF ORGANIZED CAPACITY BUILDING ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN AND THE YOUTH IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION AND A CAMPAIGN FOR TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE IN WEST AFRICA

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