About the Project

The Promoting Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (WoRGE) project, implemented by Oxfam and partners in Michika and Guyuk LGAs of Adamawa State, Nigeria, champions gender equality through conflict-sensitive, rights-based approaches. Funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and co-funded by the European Union (EU), WoRGE targets the structural drivers of inequality, especially in post-conflict contexts.

Transformative Approaches and Successes

Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

  • Focused on breaking structural barriers to women's leadership, economic empowerment, and social inclusion.
  • Delivered transformative trainings to 104 women and empowered 37 to take up leadership roles.
  • Developed gender-responsive policies and budgets in both LGAs.

Positive Masculinity

  • Engaged over 100 men and boys through workshops, media, and household-level interventions.
  • Trained male gender champions to promote shared household responsibilities and challenge patriarchal norms.

Women Inclusion in Decision-Making

  • Ensured representation of women and PWDs in traditional councils.
  • Facilitated community-based assemblies and women-only safe spaces, fostering open dialogue on decision-making, peacebuilding, and leadership.

Ending Gender-Based Violence and Harmful Practices

  • Conducted extensive training on GBV and harmful traditional practices (HTPs), with 3 rounds of community-focused engagements.
  • Promoted legal literacy and the enforcement of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act.

Economic Empowerment and Time Poverty Solutions

  • Introduced GALS (Gender Action Learning System) to over 200 community members.
  • Installed 13 milling and de-husking machines to reduce time poverty for women.
  • Facilitated over 74 new women-owned businesses and land ownership for 25 women.
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