Six Years of Reform: Lift Africa Foundation’s Track Record in Gender Justice and Child Protection
Kano, Nigeria | 2019–2025 Over the past six years, our work in Kano State is anchored in one principle:justice reform […]
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Why Kano’s Gender Justice Reform Cannot Wait: Gaps the Gender Justice Summit Seeks to Address
Kano, Nigeria | November 2025 Kano State stands at a critical crossroads in its response to sexual and gender-based violence
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Why the Kano Gender Justice Summit Matters
Kano, Nigeria | 2025 On 28 May 2015, Nigeria signs into law the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, establishing
Lift Africa Foundation intensifies high-level institutional consultations across Kano State as part of preparatory efforts toward the Kano Gender Justice Summit, scheduled for 13 December 2025.
Kano, Nigeria | November 26,2025 The consultations form a deliberate pre-summit process aimed at strengthening alignment across government institutions, religious
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Lift Africa Foundation Flags Off the 2025 UN 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Abuja, Nigeria | 25 November 2025 Lift Africa Foundation commences the 2025 United Nations 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based
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Strengthening Community Protection and Referral: Engaging the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps
Survivor protection does not begin and end with criminal investigation. In many cases, women and children experiencing violence also require
From Advocacy to Enforceable Protection: Engaging the Kano State House of Assembly on Gender-Based Violence Reform
For years, efforts to strengthen legal protection for women and children in Kano have confronted the same fundamental challenge: protections
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Strengthening Faith-Based Protection: Engaging the Christian Association of Nigeria, Kano State Chapter
Churches are often among the first places where individuals and families seek support when violence, abuse or crisis occurs. Clergy
Strengthening Police Response to Gender-Based Violence: From Reporting to Effective Investigation
POLICE For many survivors of gender-based violence, the police are the first formal justice institution they encounter after deciding to
Strengthening Survivor Protection and Referral through the Kano State Hisbah Board
For some women and children experiencing violence in Kano, the first institution approached may not be the police, a hospital