Gender and Development Action

This is not an oversight. This is a pattern. And it must stop!✋🏼 🛑

GADA joins women advocates and civil society groups in Cross River State to demand intentional inclusion, equal political opportunities, and a system that reflects fairness not exclusion disguised as politics.

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Children deserve safety, protection, and a voice. Understanding who a pe*****le is and the legal consequences of child sexual abuse is an important step in safeguarding our communities.

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Did you know fear can silently limit a woman’s potential after experiencing GBV?

Fear can affect education, livelihood opportunities, confidence, and the ability to fully participate in life. Silence only deepens the impact.

Let’s create safe spaces where voices are heard, supported, and protected.
Don’t be silent. Speak up.

Gender-based violence affects lives in visible and hidden ways. Understand what it means, recognize the signs, and learn the facts. Awareness is the first step toward prevention and collective action.

When Mourning Becomes a Mandate

Before the slides. Before the strategy. Before the language of frameworks and funding. There was silence—thick, deliberate, and dressed in black.

On Day 3 of the RWVL Annual Planning Meeting in Abuja, 36 organisations chose to begin not with plans, but with a press conference and candlelight demonstration. Names unspoken, but grief understood. Because across Nigeria, insecurity is no longer a headline; it is a wound that keeps reopening, especially for women and children.
Then we returned to the room—to metrics, models, and meaning. Safeguarding. Feminist Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning. Private sector engagement. Agro-ecology. Value chains led by women. It would have been easy for these to feel distant from the morning’s grief. But they weren’t. They couldn’t be.
Because what is strategy, if not a refusal to look away?

We examined the RWVL Performance Measurement Framework not as paperwork, but as a promise—to design impact that can be traced, measured, and felt. We challenged harmful norms, not as theory, but as daily resistance. We set goals, not as ambition, but as accountability.

This meeting is a reminder that change is not accidental. It is built—carefully, collectively, and courageously.
If we truly believe women’s lives matter, then our work must reflect it—consistently, visibly, measurably.
Do not look away. Demand more. Build better. Act now.

Planting Seeds of Change in Wadata and Kadarko

In Wadata Community, hardship had a familiar rhythm—women tilled the land with little return, while small business owners struggled to survive. In Kadarko, the story carried deeper layers: displacement, vulnerability, and quiet tension among groups trying to rebuild their lives. Yet, across both communities, hope arrived in practical form.

Through the SPRING Project, Gender and Development Action (GADA) gathered farmers, traders, and community leaders in Wase LGA Hall where a meaningful moment unfolded. In Wadata, 20 trained women farmers received starter packs—seeds, tools, and inputs—turning knowledge into action. Beside them, 20 small business owners received grants, bringing their paused dreams back to life.

In Kadarko, the intervention widened its reach, supporting persons with disabilities, internally displaced persons, youth, and women. Beyond the distribution, there was reassurance that they had not been forgotten. As starter packs and grants were handed over, hope came alive, giving way to possibility.

Commitments followed in both communities—women pledged to grow not just crops, but support systems, while business owners spoke of reinvestment and shared progress. These seeds hold the potential to ease financial pressure, build confidence, and strengthen peaceful, stable communities over time.

Now is the time to sustain this momentum—support local solutions, invest in people, and help these communities grow stronger together and build resilience.