WEP COMMEMORATES WORLD BEE DAY 2020

Today we join the global community to celebrate the World Bee Day. Bees are responsible for one out of every three bites of food we eat, but unfortunately, bees are under serious threat due to human activities. Most crops grown for their fruits (including vegetables such as squash, cucumber, tomato and eggplant), nuts, seeds, fibre and hay require pollination by […]

2020 Newsletters

1st Quarter (January – March 2020) – DOWNLOAD/VIEW 3rd Quarter (July – September 2020 – DOWNLOAD/VIEW

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON WOMEN IN NIGERIA

Women Environmental Programme is carrying out a research to determine the impact of COVID 19 on social and economic life of women in Nigeria. This research aims to gather useful information on how the COVID 19 pandemic has affected social and economic life of women in Nigeria for the purpose of offering useful recommendations to the appropriate authorities on specific issues identified, […]

2019 Newsletters

1st Quarter (January – March) 2019 – DOWNLOAD/VIEW 2nd Quarter (April – June) 2019 – DOWNLOAD/VIEW

Promoting business opportunities for women around Niger-Nigeria border

  Import and export trade are some of the contributors to economic growth which leads to poverty reduction and improved living conditions. Import and export trade can lift many out of poverty in Nigeria where 87 million people are poor,  and in Niger where more than 40 percent of the population earn less than $1 a day. A reasonable number […]

BREAKING GENDER INEQUALITIES

  Women Environmental Programme (WEP) on Wednesday, 11th March 2020 organized a programme themed: “Breaking Gender Inequalities,” to mark this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD). The programme held at WEP’s head office at Block E Flat 2 Anambra Court, Gaduwa Estate, Abuja. This year’s International Women’s Day has a theme: “Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights for an Equal Future,” which […]

2018 Newsletters

  1st Quarter (January – March 2018) – DOWNLOAD/VIEW   2nd Quarter (April – June 2018) – DOWNLOAD/VIEW   3rd Quarter (July – September 2018) – DOWNLOAD/VIEW   4th Quarter (October – December 2018) – DOWNLOAD/VIEW 

DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN FOR NIGERIA

  In 2016, Women Environmental Programme (WEP) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a National Consultation on Gender and Climate Change in Abuja, Nigeria. The consultation which then Minister of Environment, Amina J. Mohammed also participated in proposed some recommendations in respect to gender and climate change issues in Nigeria. […]

NIMC KATSINA OFFICE HAS GONE GREEN

  The National Identity Management Commission’s office (NIMC) Katsina State has gone green. The office once devoid of trees now has different species of trees growing in its surrounding. On the 17th of October 2018, Women Environmental Programme (WEP) collaborated with MURNA Foundation with support from Trees for Cities and planted different species of trees at NIMC office in Katsina […]

SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR WIDOWS

  Women Environmental Programme (WEP)  through the Women2030 sub-grants supported Community Agriculture and Environmental Protection Association CAEPA Cameroon to implement an action that aimed to prevent inhumane treatment of widows and guarntee their rights in Bali Chamba communities in Cameroon’s North West region. The project advocated against this inhumane treatment of widows among traditional and religious institutions and government, and strengthened the advocacy capacity […]