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 […]

WEP Host a Community of Practice (CoP) on PVE in Katsina State

Background: A community of practice is a group of people who have an interest, passion or concern in common and come together to explore these concerns and ideas, share experiences, learn and grow their practice.  It is a global practice that enhances collaboration, communication and sharing knowledge between one another as a community. It is against this backdrop Women Environmental […]

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 […]

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF IMPACT

From 2:30pm on Friday, 15th July 2022, different dignitaries trooped into the conference hall of K-Class Hotel, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja. These dignitaries represented Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Nigerian Government, civil society organizations and groups, international development organizations, social and religious groups, donor agencies, partners, media, friends and family members. Earlier, staff of Women Environmental Programme (WEP) in Nigeria […]

WEP@25: SUPPORT A COMMUNITY PROJECT

Support WEP In Building An Efficient Technology For Women’s Economic Empowerment Women Environmental Programme is helping local communities to enhance their climate responses by integrating social issues, e.g. poverty alleviation and gender equality, to make adaptation more effective and viable, and create social and environmental co-benefits. WEP proposes to construct solar dryer tents to fill a gap in agricultural infrastructure […]

Examining the gender outcomes of SBI56

On the 30th day of June 2022, WEP organized a webinar with the theme: Road to COP27 – Outcome of SBI56 and what African women want from COP27. The aim of the webinar was to examine the outcome of the 56th Session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), that […]

WEP’s Participation at SBI56

Women Environmental Programme (WEP) participated at the Bonn Climate Change Conference (The 56th session of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) that took place in Bonn, Germany from 6-16 June 2022. SBI56 was a preparatory meeting on issues that would be discussed at the 27th session of the Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate […]

Training and dialogue on Preventing Violent Extremism, Human Rights and Peace building

We hosted officers from security agencies, magistrates and high court officials in Katsina State to a training and dialogue on Preventing Violent Extremism, Human Rights and Peacebuilding as part of activities under our GCERF funded PVE Intervention across 32 communities in the state.  The training with the aim of strengthening the capacities of beneficiaries on the process of radicalization, violent […]