Policy Brief: Preventing The Environmental And Health Impacts Of Artisanal Oil Refining On Women In Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region

The discovery of oil in commercial quantity in Oloibiri, Nigeria in 1956 by Shell Darcy, seemed to be the beginning of rapid economic development of Nigeria. There were high hopes about the magical transformation that oil would bring to Nigeria and Nigerians. With these high hopes, many failed to foresee the potential negative consequences of oil. Eyes were blinded to […]

INVITATION TO TENDER: PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE

PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES FOR THE CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE COMPONENT OF THE SAVE PROJECT IN KATSINA STATE, NIGERIA   INVITATION TO TENDER PREAMBLE Women Environmental Programme (WEP) with funding support from Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) is implementing a two-year project in Katsina state Nigeria, titled: Strengthening Advocacy Against Violence Extremism (SAVE). As part of the project […]

INVITATION TO TENDER: for the purchase/supply/installation of desktop computers and solar panels/inverters and all requisite accessories

Women Environmental Programme (WEP) with Funding support from Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) is implementing a project in Katsina state, Nigeria, titled: Strengthening Advocacy Against Violence Extremism (SAVE). As part of the project activities, WEP seeks to procure and install ten (10) Desktop Computers per school in four (4) No. secondary schools across four (4) Local Government Areas […]

PRE-QUALIFICATION OF VENDORS

Women Environmental Programmed (WEP) invites qualified vendors across Nigeria (including current suppliers and service providers) for pre-qualification for the supply of goods and services of different categories to the organization. WEP is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political, non-religion organization with headquarters in Abuja Nigeria, and with offices in Tunisia, Togo, Burkina Faso and Niger.  WEP has a vision of a world […]

WERE OUR EXPECTATIONS MET?: REFLECTING ON THE OUTCOME OF COP27

From 6-18 November 2022, Women Environmental Programme’s (WEP’s) team was in Sham El Sheikh, Egypt for the 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With a team comprising of members representing different Africa countries: Nigeria, Togo, Niger, and Tunisia, we had different expectations from COP27 for our countries, but […]

WEP organizes Peace Conference in Katsina State in Commemoration of the International Peace Day 2022

In continuation of her activities to mark the International Peace Day, Women Environmental Programme (WEP) organized a peace conference in commemoration of the 2022 International Peace Day with the theme: End Racism, Build Peace. The event took place on 22nd September, 2022 at the Executive Munaj Event Centre, Katsina State. The event is part of the activities under the project […]

WEP carries out peace rallies in 4 LGs in Katsina State to commemorate 2022 Peace Day

To commemorate #peaceday we engaged community members especially youth in Katsina State on peace rallies, sporting activities, and peace talk Encouraging them to become promoters of Peace in the community. This activity is part of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) funded SAVE project in the state which is aimed at strengthening community resilience against violent extremism and […]

Ukange Ichivirbee

Ukange Ichivirbee holds a bachelor of sciences in Geography and a Master of Sciences in climatology. He is a certified Senior Climate Change advocate by Foundation for Climate Restoration and acquired other professional training courses including;  Results-Based Management, Monitoring and Evaluation (RBM&E), Project Management Essentials, Grant Seeking Essential,  Training of Trainers on Total Sanitation, Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTs), Data Analysis […]

Road to COP27: WEP Development Series Webinars

(JUNE2022) Outcome of SBI56: What African women want from COP27 This episode of WEP’s Development Series focused on the 56th Session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC), that held in Bonn, Germany from 6-16 June 2022. The webinar examined how the outcome of SBI56 will affect negotiations and the […]