According to Accord for Development, a non-governmental organisation, and Dr. Roseline Uranta, the Rivers State Commissioner for Women Affairs, women should have more access to economic opportunities and decision-making positions so they may contribute to the advancement of society. At a workshop on affirmative action and economic advocacy for women…
The Affirmative Action and Economic Advocacy for Women and Youths program is an Accord’s initiative targeted at women and youths across twenty communities in four states of Nigeria (Rivers, Imo, Delta and Lagos). The program’s goal is to use affirmative action to address systemic disadvantages which women and girls face…
The workshops titled; Advancing Gender Equity through Affirmative Action and Social Inclusion dealt extensively on gender equality, equity, discrimination, etc. The workshops were also attended by representatives of the Ministry Women Affairs, Civil Society Organizations, FBOs, Health-care workers, school teachers, etc. Training modules include;
This was carried out during the workshops. Analysis of the pre-workshop assessment revealed that prior to the workshop, the women were not informed about gender equality and equity. About 80% of participants attested to the fact that the training was entirely new to them. The post workshop evaluation revealed that…
Within the months of May and June 2024, Accord carried out anti-drug abuse workshops for some selected secondary schools in Rivers and Delta States, titled ‘Empowering Youths to Rise Above Drug Abuse. This is aimed at educating and empowering young people to make informed choices, build resilience and overcome the…
The event took place at Accord for Development’s Hall at her office premises, a great number of women graced the event spanning from marriage counselors to women entrepreneurs that gave some valuable and laudable experiences and advises to the attendees based on the theme of the day “INVEST IN WOMEN:…
The objective of the LSETF/USADF Employability programme is to on one hand equip beneficiaries with skills that prepares them to set up Entreprises in their chosen profession and to also prepare them for work-set skills that will afford them the opportunity to be absorbed into reputable organizations’. The framework of…
The Accord for Community Development a frontline Non-governmental Organisation based and operating in Nigeria, recently carried out an economic support program for women under its SWIM project. SWIM which is an acronym for ‘’Support for Women in Micro-enterprise’’ is an economic empowerment program targeted at women micro-entrepreneurs who are active…
Do No Harm (DNH) stakeholders’ knowledge sharing, held in at Accord For Development’s conffrence room in Port Harcourt , Rivers State on the 2nd of November, 2017. The summit in partnership with Brot Fur die welt, was geared towards brainstorm on the current state of the DNH network in the…
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During the grand finale graduation of the YESAP students in 2016.
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