@GEJFoundation @mufuliatfijabi @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @NDI @womenfundng - Develop and implement mechanisms for checking VAW in political parties
- Enshrine internal party democracy
- Enforce party discipline
- Taking steps to ensure inclusion in party structures and selecting candidates and promoting internal party democracy reforms. @GEJFoundation @mufuliatfijabi @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @NDI @womenfundng Pending Constitutional changes, voluntary quotas and other measures should be adopted to ensure mainstreaming marginalized groups like women in politics

@GEJFoundation @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @WRAPANG @NDI @womenfundng @Naijavote @oluremisonaiya @ElectHER_NG @ndiafrica @NDIWomen @mufuliatfijabi Women matter, they matter greatly and in any sphere of life, from the family, community, or any institution. @GEJFoundation @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @WRAPANG @NDI @womenfundng @Naijavote @oluremisonaiya @ElectHER_NG @ndiafrica @NDIWomen @mufuliatfijabi women are largely the best voting bloc in any election and the drive for mobilizing voters for any party is best anchored by women mobilizers.

@GEJFoundation @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @WRAPANG @NDI @womenfundng @Naijavote @oluremisonaiya @ElectHER_NG @ndiafrica @NDIWomen @mufuliatfijabi There are perceptions that women are only capable of mobilizing their fellow women, which may be influenced by the choice of woman leader position in most political parties. @GEJFoundation @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @WRAPANG @NDI @womenfundng @Naijavote @oluremisonaiya @ElectHER_NG @ndiafrica @NDIWomen @mufuliatfijabi Most political parties are built around the male, that dominance but in its structures and functions, places women to few non-prominent roles.

@GEJFoundation @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @WRAPANG @NDI @womenfundng @Naijavote @oluremisonaiya @ElectHER_NG @ndiafrica @NDIWomen A lot has been put in place, by several citizens, groups organizations, CSO's and coalitions. Government agencies and other bodies too have in the past years developed and implemented a different strategies to mitigate VAW. @GEJFoundation @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @WRAPANG @NDI @womenfundng @Naijavote @oluremisonaiya @ElectHER_NG @ndiafrica @NDIWomen Through CSO advocacy and participation, Govt about 18 or more states have passed legislation on Violence Against Persons Prohibition law, this is a typical legal reform targeted to punish offenders and perpetrators of VAW

@GEJFoundation @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @WRAPANG @NDI @womenfundng @Naijavote @oluremisonaiya @ElectHER_NG VAW is a broader description of gender-based violence generally. It is any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in; physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women. @GEJFoundation @OSIWA1 @Yoonu117 @WRAPANG @NDI @womenfundng @Naijavote @oluremisonaiya @ElectHER_NG it also includes threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, in public or in private life.

VAW stops women and girls from achieving “every day normal things” let alone political
participation.@ndiafrica @NDIWomen