Initiative for Women and Girls Right Advancement-IWOGRA

08/03/2026

Happy Women's Day to all the incredible women out there! 🌹

Celebrate your strength, resilience, and achievements.

Keep breaking barriers and inspiring others!

Here's to the women who make a difference every day. 💪

IWOGRA cares!

25/08/2025

Congratulations to the Executive Director of IWOGRA on the publication of her work on the influence of sociocultural norms on women's right to informed consent during cesarean section in Nigeria. 🎉🎉

08/03/2025

To all the women out there, you are stronger than you think. You are a force to reckon with.

Never give up your identity because of anyone and not even for marriage. Your identity is who you are and you should aspire to be a better version of you.

Whatever situation you find yourself, ignite the fire within you, find your voice and do not allow life situations to overwhelm you or pull you down.

On this special day, we celebrate all the women all over the world, especially the most marginalized and vulnerable women. Remember, you matter and we are rooting for your greatness!🥰😍

Happy Women's Day to you all.

In sisterhood! 💪😍

09/02/2025

Happy Birthday to NkyLaw, the Founder & Executive Director of Initiative for Women and Girls Right Advancement-IWOGRA. For all your commitments, dedication and service in ensuring a violence free society for women and girls, may God add more grace to your new age, grow old in good health and more blessings, Amen! 🥂🎉🎉🎉🍾🎂🎂

The entire Board and staff of IWOGRA celebrate your existence today. 🙏

25/12/2024

From all of us at Initiative for Women and Girls Right Advancement-IWOGRA

25/11/2024

The week we have been waiting for is finally here! 💃 As we commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we are thrilled to use this opportunity to empower a group of women on their human rights and applicable family law in Nigeria.

It's going to be an interactive session and our participants are ready to learn, unlearn and relearn. They are ready to be part of the empowered women who know their rights, know how and where to seek justice and ensure no one tramples on their rights and go scot free because indeed, knowledge is power!

We will be in the classroom by 12:00pm.😍

25/11/2024

It's another beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Join the campaign and say no to all forms of violence against women and girls.

Today being the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the start of 16 Days Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we join the rest of the world in campaigning against all forms of violence against women and girls.

12/11/2024

Everyday we keep receiving reports of women who now have disabilities or are de.ad because of domestic viol.ence and ab.use. Many young girls are being sexu.ally abu.sed but live without getting the justice they deserve. Women experience all forms of humili.ation and abu.se from their husbands and family members and they di.e in silence because they lack the voice to protect themselves. Women are being che.ated in marriages and treated like second class citizens. Women leave marriages emptyhanded all because they did not secure their entitlements well enough in the course of the marriage and are at the mercy of their husbands. Women are treated in the most inhu.mane and de.grading way when they lose their husbands and are at the mercy of their husbands' family. They do not even know how to protect the property their husbands' left behind for the benefits of his children.

All these and more happen because women do not know their rights and even those that know their rights do not know how to claim their rights or where to go to to seek for justice. They don't even know what evidence they need to win the legal bat.tle or how to preserve their evidence for a long time.

In view of this and as a way of empowering women, NkyLaw in collaboration with Initiative for Women and Girls Right Advancement-IWOGRA will be hosting a 4 days intensive online short course on Women's Human Rights and Family Law in Nigeria from Monday, 25 November - Thursday, 28 November, 2024.

Registration fee is ₦10,000 and limited slots are available.

Registration closes on Friday, 22 November 2024

The course will provide a balance between theory and practical issues relating to women’s rights in Nigeria.

The course will expose women to the international and national human rights law that guarantee the human rights of women and girls in Nigeria. The course will provide an opportunity to critically evaluate the potential of these human rights frameworks to challenge obstacles undermining the effective protection of women’s rights in Nigeria.

Participants will not only learn the laws but will also learn how to use the law to their advantage. Participants will be filled with information on how to use the law as a weapon of protection and gender justice.

Topics covering vio.lence against women and girls, women's se.xual and reproductive health and rights, rights of women in relationships and marriages, how to seek protection against har.mful sociocultural practices and more captivating topics will be discussed.

This course is designed strictly for singles and married women only.

In order to carry everyone along and to avoid technical challenges, a WhatsApp group is created for the course and membership is strictly by payment of the registration fee. A video call will also be utilized for the training course.

Please request for bank account details by sending a message and make your WhatsApp number available to be added to the group once payment is confirmed.

At the end of the course, Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants and you can boost your CV.

Women, invest in acquiring knowledge because knowledge is power! This is an experience you don't want to miss. Trust me, a trial will convince you.👌

09/11/2024

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16/08/2024

IWOGRA, duly represented by the Executive Director, Nkechi Obiagbaoso-Udegbunam is glad to be invited and sponsored by MenEngage Africa & Sonke Gender Justice to attend the 2nd MenEngage Africa Learning and Exchange Symposium with the theme "Progress 2024: Promoting the realisation of sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality in Africa". The Symposium was held in Nairobi, Kenya and had in attendance participants from civil society organisations across Africa.

The Executive Director of IWOGRA made a presentation on the outcomes of a project funded by ActionAid Nigeria/Ford Foundation and implemented by IWOGRA in Abuja. Focus was on the impact of the SLOC-VAWG project in Dutse-Alhaji community, Abuja.

We sincerely appreciate ActionAid Nigeria for making the interventions possible, MenEngage Africa and Sonke Gender Justice for the invitation, sponsorship and opportunity to share and learn from diverse stakeholders. We also appreciate the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria for co-sponsoring the attendance of the Executive Director at the Symposium.