Yearly Archives: 2021

The Cuppy foundation team joined WARIF on one of the sensitization outreaches at Somolu recently. Men and women were educated on the effects of gender based violence as well as the services available to survivors at the WARIF rape crisis centre In pictures are; Ms. Ruth Okonya; Philanthropy Manager Cuppy Foundation, Dr. Orebiyi; Medical Officer for Health, Shomolu LGA, Mrs. Popoola; Assistant Director Community Health Service, Mrs. Adeyemi; Immunization Officer, Mrs. Adeniyi; Disease Surveillance Officer and Ms. Chichi Ogbonnaya; Project Lead...

WARIF is proud to announce the conclusion of the 3rd Cycle of the WARIF Gatekeepers Project sponsored by ACT Foundation. WARIF successfully trained 600 gatekeepers comprising of 300 Traditional birth attendants, 200 Law Enforcement officers and 100 Religious Leaders from different communities in Lagos state on the proper protocols when it comes to reporting and referring cases of rape and sexual violence. We are extremely thankful to Act Foundation @ACTFoundation_ for the continuous support of the gatekeepers initiative as well as their...

WARIF presented a copy of the newly launched “School Related Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response Protocol for Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria” to the Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo. This document, created by WARIF, in partnership with the Joint EU-UN Spotlight Initiative and the Lagos State University charts a path to creating safer spaces for students in tertiary institutions through SRGBV response and prevention as well as outlining proper steps in addressing accountability and punishment for those...