PEACE/PVE SENSITIZATION FOR STATE LEVEL SECURITY PERSONNEL IN BENUE

In a bid to finding lasting solutions to insecurity and Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE), Women Environmental Programme (WEP) organized a sensitization workshop to raise awareness against violent extremism and reduce the vulnerability of unsuspecting persons to recruitment and radicalization to Violent Extremism.               As part of activities under her Preventing Violence Extremism (PVE) project […]

SUSTAINED ADVOCACY FOR THE PROPOSED BENUE STATE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BILL

Women Environmental Programme (WEP)’s relentless advocacy for the passage of a proposed bill to establish a youth development commission in Benue state has seen the bill receive great endorsements and support from stakeholders.               At the Advocacy Roundtable for the proposed bill, stakeholders unanimously implored for continued support to ensure speedy passage of the […]

TWO-DAY INTENSIVE CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING FOR WEP STAFF

Women Environmental Programme (WEP) staff participated in a two-day intensive capacity training on communication skills & digital communication and strategic partnership and networking on the 6th – 7th April 2021 at Brookville Hotel and Suites, Lokogoma, Abuja. The capacity building workshop was an opportunity for the development of WEP staff in communication skills to learn new strategic ways to engage with […]

FG LAUNCHES NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE

                   The Minister of Environment, Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Abubakar launched the NAPGCC that was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari during a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in August 2020. The launch of the NAPGCC was done during a Sensitization Workshop on the National Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change organized by […]

WEP ORGANIZES MEDIA TRAINING ON PEACE/PVE IN BENUE STATE

The media plays a vital role in promoting lasting peace or exacerbating tensions in divided societies. Journalists and influencers can help to diffuse ethnic, religious or political crisis by empowering citizens with requisite information to make informed decisions. Women Environmental Programme (WEP) recognizes the need to put media practitioners and influencers at the forefront of her peace building and development initiatives to […]

WEP ORGANIZES MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PEACE/PVE DIALOGUE IN BENUE STATE

Women Environmental Programme (WEP) held a One-day Multi-Stakeholder  Peace/PVE Dialogue at Benue Hotels, Makurdi to sensitize and rally support for the passage of a bill to establish a Benue State Youth Development Commission.        Participants at the event comprised of stakeholders from various pressure groups, MDAs and CSOs. Stakeholders came up with suggestions, recommendations and deliberate steps and decisive actions […]

WEP ADVOCATES FOR PASSAGE OF PROPOSED BENUE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION BILL

As part of efforts to promote peace building and strengthen state systems and structures towards engaging and empowering youths effectively, Women Environmental Programme (WEP) with support from Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) held advocacy meetings with relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies to solicit support for the passage of a bill to establish a Youth Development Commission in Benue […]

COURTESY VISIT TO HONOURABLE MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT

A  team from Women Environmental Programme (WEP) led by the Executive Director, Anne-Marie Abaagu, made a courtesy call on the Honourable Minister of State for Environment, Barr. Sharon Ikeazor at her office at Mabushi, Abuja. The team from WEP intimated the Hon. Minister of State of the programs and plans of WEP and requested her support to our activities especially […]