Gender Advocacy and Women Resource Centre

Advocacy oriented NGO in Abuja, Lagos & Benin. ⁠ Non Profit. Vision: To achieve a Human Rights compliant Nigeria

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As we begin a new week, let’s continue to do our part in building communities where women and girls are safe, respected, and protected.
Have a meaningful week from all of us at Gender Advocacy and Women Resource Centre.

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Ending gender-based violence requires all of us to take responsibility. If we want change, we must be willing to speak up, challenge harmful practices, and support those affected by violence.

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and to grow into the woman she envisions herself becoming. Child marriage robs girls of that freedom, often before they are old enough to understand the choices being made for them.

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1 in 5 girls are married before the age of 18. A girl’s future should never be decided before she has had the chance to discover it.
Every girl deserves the opportunity to learn, to dream beyond her circumstances, to make choices about her life,

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and emphasised the need for victims and community members to speak up and seek appropriate support.

With continued advocacy, we can strengthen community action towards preventing gender-based violence and protecting the rights and dignity of women and girls.

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Some highlights from the elders meeting held on 22 September 2026 in Alaka Community, Delta state, focusing on gender-based violence and harmful traditional practices, with GAWRC present.

The Chairman, Chief Jerry Okwome, addressed the dangers of underreporting GBV

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Today, we celebrate our nation, our people, our resilience and the hope we share for a better tomorrow.

May we continue to build a Nigeria rooted in peace, justice, equality and dignity for all.

Happy Independence Day from all of us at GAWRC.
#NigeriaAt66 #Equality #GAWRC

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The meeting provided an opportunity for community members to converse and reflect on the impact of harmful practices on women and girls, share perspectives, and share ideas on what can be done to achieve a community free from these practices.

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Highlights from a community meeting held at the Odi Community Town Hall on the 14th of September 2026, with Gender Advocacy and Women Resource Centre present, to discuss harmful traditional practices affecting women and girls.

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If you ever feel like you are being groomed online, you do not have to face it alone. Reach out to us via dm or our email ([email protected]) or talk to Nana, WILAN’s AI assistant designed to help women and girls identify and respond to technology-facilitated gender-based violence.

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Online grooming can start with something as simple as a conversation.

Someone may gradually gain a young girl’s trust, give her excess attention, ask her to keep secrets, or introduce inappropriate conversations and requests.

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On this International Day of Peace, let us choose to speak up, stand together and take action for a safer and more just society.

Peace is our collective responsibility.
#InternationalDayOfPeace

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There can be no lasting peace where violence against women and girls is continues and is allowed to thrive.

Peace means creating communities where every woman and girl can live with dignity, safety and freedom from violence.

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prevention strategies and the need for stronger institutional responses.

A key highlight was the unveiling and live demonstration of Nana, an AI-powered digital safety companion designed to support women and girls with information and guidance on technology-facilitated GBV.

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Gender Advocacy and Women’s Resource Centre (GAWRC) joined stakeholders on 15 September 2026 for the TFGBV Workshop & Nana Chatbot Unveiling, organised by the Women in Leadership Advancement Network (WILAN Global).

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The workshop provided an opportunity to deepen conversations around Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV), exploring its various forms, impact on survivors, survivor-centred response, case management,

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Girls deserve to grow, to learn, and dream. They deserve a choice. Let us continue to raise our voices and speak up for these girls, until this harmful practice is eradicated.
Marriage can wait. Childhood definitely cannot.
#EndChildMarriage #GirlChild #EndGBV #GAWRC

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No tradition, poverty, social pressure or circumstance should take away a little girl’s right to childhood and a future of her choosing.

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but that is not true at all. Domestic abuse takes many forms, including physical, sexual, emotional, psychological/mental, social and verbal abuse, as well as coercive control, threats, intimidation and isolation, etc.

End Gender-Based Violence Today!

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According to the 2024 Demographic & Health Survey, among women who have ever been married or had
an intimate partner, 23% have experienced physical,
sexual, or emotional violence committed by their
partner.

Many people think domestic violence is limited to physical violence,