“No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half its citizens.”- Michelle Obama Empowering women is the bedrock of attaining a sustainable future and it is key to the development of any community. Now more than ever, key...
In celebration of the #InternationalWomensDay today, ARDA produced a short video documentary highlighting the contributions of women in 6 NorthCentral and North West States in promoting peace under the Community Initiatives to Promote Peace (CIPP) project. Some of them have also shared how digital...
One of the grants we received in quick succession last year was for our Open Arms project funded by Grand Challenges Canada. The project is an adaptive triage service for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence response, information, counseling, and referral services through mobile technology. The...
The CIPP season 1 social media campaign theme song, “Jita Jita” by @freshemir in collaboration with ARDA, is still making waves as it got featured on an international website, Cyber Peace Institute. Since its release in April 2021. The song has attracted over 165,000 views on the video-sharing...
On the CIPP project, ARDA continues to build the capacity of grassroot community women to combat violence and violent extremism and showcase their potential as peacebuilders. So far, over 500 women have been trained through the Women’s Critical Discussion Groups (WCDGs) and other community and...
ARDA is particularly excited about this project because it is an idea that was birthed a while ago to fill the gap in producing riveting movies that call attention to development issues in an educative and entertaining manner. ARDA has always remained committed to issues that affect women and so...
The sustainable livelihood project was aimed at building the capacity of grassroot community women in Agatu Local Government Area to sustainably facilitate peace promotion and women’s empowerment in their communities. The project further aimed to create platforms for discussions around the...
ARDA has launched its second season of CIPP social media campaign on the various social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. This time, the campaign is focused on the theme ‘’Promoting Positive Electoral Behaviour’’. You will agree that there is no better time than...
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”- Nelson Mandela. Research has shown that the concept of education is beyond the ability to read and write, but rather a paradigm shift that involves the acquisition of knowledge, information, critical thinking,...
The streets are filled with an alarming increase of out-of-school children and today, more children face the risk of being abducted while in schools. This is an emergency! Two years ago, during my visit to one of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Kaduna state, I met a young girl,...
ARDA staff are pictured with the Women’s Critical Discussion Group members in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Plateau, Kogi and Benue states. ARDA has been working extensively on the Community Initiatives to Promote Peace (CIPP) project and recently we embarked on community monitoring visits across...
The recent events in the United States on the 6th of January shocked the world.The land of freedom and promoters of democracy worldwide suddenly had theirown crisis of democracy.Dozens of American citizens stormed their parliamentary building, The Capitol in anattempt to stop the confirmation of a...