Basic Rights Watch (BRW), a Nigeria-based non-governmental organization (NGO) with a mission is to leverage open data, disruptive ideas and digital technologies to enhance popular participation and political accountability has celebrated its five years of commitments to advocating for basic Read More …
In Nigeria, the civic space continues to shrink. Clear examples of this are the consistent attacks on freedom of information and expression as well as media freedom, which are all constituent parts of a country’s civic space. Since 2015, attacks Read More …
Imagine you lead a successful accounting firm and want to bid on a government contract. You have heard that the government often pays for work several months after completed, so you would need a loan in order to apply. When Read More …
Dear Mr. President, My name is Austin Ekwujuru and I am a Champion for girl child education. Nigeria accounts for 45% of all out-of-school children in West Africa, with over 10 million out-of-school children. In the pool, girls account Read More …
BudgIT and others task the Federal and State governments to adequately utilize funds for education for the development of the sector. The education budget performance is on a decline as funds targeted to the sector are either not accessed or Read More …
The Sexual Assault Support Assistant (SASA) is an initiative of Basic Rights watch (BRW) that aims to increase counselling, awareness education on Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria and also connect survivors to appropriate authorities that are providing sexual assault Read More …
A state of emergency is declared on Gender-Based Violence by Nigeria’s Governors Forum in 2020. This is following several reports and documentaries on the increasing rate of sexual assault and gender-based violence in Nigeria. Basic Rights Watch (BRW) is leading Read More …
A 2 day capacity building training for young women peace builders on access to information.
Fesmedia Africa: ACCESS TO INFORMATION 2020 WINNER ANNOUNCED !!! READ MORE >> https://www.fesmedia-africa.org/news/saving-lives-building-trust-bringing-hope-video-competition-winners-announced/ Watch The Video Here
In commemoration of the Access To Information day 2020, with the theme Saving lives, Building trust and Bringing hope. Fesmedia Africa organized a youth focused competition throughout the region of sub-saharan Africa to mark the ATI day 2020. Entries were received from Read More …