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Women Voice for Development Campaign

Women V4D Campaign

Women Voice for Development (Women V4D) Campaign

is a project that aims at empowering women to engage and participate in the electoral process through knowledge impartation, information and skills provision and community mobilization for a reduced gender based violence in elections.

This project employs advocacy, capacity building, community dialogue sessions and media engagement through special structured phone-in programs, social media campaigns and jingles on voter education and reduce violence against women in politics, tracking of incidence of violence against women by use of ICT and periodic accountability forum with security stakeholders.

Technical Meeting

The RECEF team met with the Commissioners and Directors of the Kogi State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development (SMWASD) at the inception of the Women V4D project to map out strategies and discuss areas of collaboration.

Media Roundtable

A roundtable discussion was held with members of the press in Kogi State. This was done in recognition of the key role the press in shaping our democracy, and to address salient issues and agree on strategies to push for a more inclusive elections.

Radio Engagement

A weekly live call-in radio programme was held every Tuesday to sensitize the populace on the need to increase the inclusion of women in elections and politics. Radio jingle in 4 main local languages was aired as part of awareness creation efforts.

Advocacy To Stakeholders

Advocacy visits were paid to critical and key stakeholders to secure their buy-in into the project and to identify areas of collaboration. The stakeholders pledged their support promises to participate in the campaign and drive for inclusion of women in the electoral processes.