Major Thematic Areas
Advocacy.
Advising and engaging communities and governments on policies to protect and empower widows.
Education and Enlightenment
Promoting education and awareness campaigns to challenge cultural stigmas.
Economic/financial Independence
Providing economic initiatives and financial training and microcredit support to widows.
Projects
Education Support Books Publication & Donation
Publication of A Widow's Window and Message to the Youth
Online donation on used school books and materials to widows’ children since 2018.
WaWEEP
Skill training, agro-economic empowerment/ microcredit program: loans and skill-building opportunities.
Radio Talk Show
A Widow's Window airs weekly covering 3 states Ogun, Lagos and Oyo, raising awareness about widowhood-related issues.
The African Widows Summit (TAWS)
Initiator and organisers of TAWS a regional rotational high-level stakeholders' conference advancing widows' inclusion in policy planning.
Membership: Widows Advocacy Coalition in Nigeria (WACIN)
Pan-African Widows Growth and Development Initiative (PAWGADI)
Policy Advocacy
The Widows Protection Bill, included in the revamped VAPP Act, passed by 9th House of Representatives and to the Senate for concurrence in February, 2023.
