GRIP joined NEWSAN’s advocacy visit to Ekiti SURWASH Programme Coordinator, Engr. Steven Adewumi. Key outcome: Quarterly NEWSAN-SURWASH joint meetings to track ODF status, starting July 2026. GRIP backs partnerships that protect women and children.
#SURWASH#NEWSAN #GRIP#Ekiti
GRIP joined NEWSAN’s advocacy visit to the PS, Ministry of Public Utilities, Ekiti, on achieving ODF Ekiti and better WASH services. We remain committed to protecting women and girls through responsive WASH advocacy.
#EndOpenDefecation#WASHAdvocacy
#CleanWaterForAll#EkitiState
We commenced the 2-day coaching and mentorship for women candidates towards the 2023 general elections in Nigeria.
Ahead of the general elections, the meeting aims to provide mentoring platform, foster synergy among women, & increase their representation in elective positions.
We commence the 2-day capacity building for women’s movement on strengthening coordination mechanism to advocate for ending sexual and gender-based violence.
The hybrid training in partnership with WARDC & funded by @awdf01 will strengthen women’s initiatives in ending violence.
GRIP remains committed to working for the advancement of policy and legal protection for women and children in furtherance of sustainable development.
#sdgs2030#HumanRights#SocialJustice
We commemorated the #dayoftheafricanchild, donating relief items to cater for Children at Onaopemipo Centre, Ekiti State.
The day called for reflection on the progress made towards children’s rights, as well as the peculiar barriers that African children continue to face.
A CHALLENGED WORLD IS AN ALERT WORLD AND FROM CHALLENGE COMES CHANGE. GRIP CHOOSES TO CHALLENGE
GENDERED ACTIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS, GENDER STEREOTYPES AND BIAS,
GENDER INEQUALITY AND GENDER BASE VIOLENCE.
#IWD2021#ChooseToChallenge
The Executive Director, Staff and Volunteers of GRIP joins the rest of the world to wish all the work ken out there a happy women's day. Let us all strive for leadership as this year's Theme suggests: ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.’
#IWD
Grip Program Officer participating at a 2 Days Workshop for Ekiti State Open Government Participation (OGP) Working Groups Towards Development of State Action Plan. OGP was inaugurated 7 months ago to strengthen partnership between CSOs and government for development of society
In commemoration of the International day of Zero Tolerance to FGM, GRIP sensitised the students of All Souls Anglican Grammar School located at Iyin Road Ado Ekiti on FGM, it's types, reasons for being carried out and it's consequences. The students numbered over 100 warmly.
My office has sought judicial review of Section 127 of the Police Act and Regulations. Section 127 provides that "an unmarried woman police officer who becomes pregnant shall be discharged from the Force, @bisiafayemi@FIDANigeria@ProfOsinbajo@PoliceNG@kfayemi@womensaid
There is no reason why people should mutilate the genitals of girls in the name of female circumcision.
No reason at all!
Copy and paste this on your TL, to add your voice to Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation.
Please adopt the theme for this year's commemoration
"No Time for Global Inaction, Unite, Fund, and Act to End Female Genital Mutilation."
GRIP SAYS A BIG NO TO FGM.
Thank you for listening to my TED TALK😁
#endFGC#EndFGM#Act2EndFGM#UniteAgainstFGM
Do you know around 1 in 4 girls and women, or 52 million worldwide, experienced female genital mutilation, performed by health personnel pointing to an alarming trend in the medicalization of female genital mutilation?