Nigeria

NGO contacts
United Nations Contacts
Government Contacts
New York Permanent Mission

NGO CONTACTS

African Women Empowerment Guild (AWEG)
29 Airport Road (YWCA BUILDING)
P.O. Box 8083
Benin City
Ph#: (+234 52) 256555, 258644, 252186
Fax#: (+234 52) 255162, 256555
E-mail: aweg95@yahoo.com or nosaaladeselu@yahoo.com.uk

Africa Women's Forum
Issues: Policy/Government, Violence Against Women, Political Participation, Women's Identity/Theory/Analysis
P.O. Box 2286, Abeokuta
Ph #: 234 39 722521
Fax #: 234 39 722524
Email: alf@alpha.linkserve.com

African Peace Awareness Movement
Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-lfe, Osun state
Ph#: +234-36-233853
Fax#: +234-36-2333973

Akwa Ibom- IFOR Peace Group
C/o Udo B James, PO Box 269, Abak Local Govt Area, Akwa Ibom State

Baobab Women's Human Rights
PO Box 73630, Victoria Island, Lagos

Website: http://www.baobabwomen.org/

Bayanloco Community Learning Centre
Issues: Women-led rural peace initiative
Bayanloco, Kafanchan, Kaduna State

Civil Resource and Documentation Centre
Issues: Committed to Promotion and Protection of Women's Human Rights
Fourth Dimension Complex 16, Fifth Avenue, City Layout, Enugu
Ph#: +234 42 459969
Fax#: +234 42 456904
Email: nwankwov@infoweb.abs.net

Committee for the Support of the Dignity of Women (COSUDOW)
34 Airport Road
Behind St. Paul's Catholic Church,1st floor
Benin City
Ph#: (+234 52) 256776, 250433, 258394
E-mail: cosudow@intoweb.abs.net

Girls' Power Initiative (GPI)
South West Zone, 2 Hudson Lane, Off 95 Akpakpava Street
P.O. Box 7400, Benin City
Ph#: +234 52 255162
Fax#: +234 52 2152466
E-mail: gpibn@alpha.linkserve.com
Website: http://www.electroniccommunity.org/GirlsPower/

Ida Renaissance
#2 Ihama Road, GRA, Benin City
Ph#: (+234 52) 254998, 258300
E-mail: idarenaissance@hotmail.com

International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)
Anambra / Enugu zone, No 9 Second Ave Independence Layout
PO Box 1686, Enugu, Enugu State

International Reproductive Rights Research Action Group (IRRRAG)
P.O. Box 7400
Benin City
Ph#: +234 52 252497
Fax#: +234 52 250668
E-mail: irragnig@yahoo.com or evbadejane@yahoo.com

International Women Communication Centre
Issues: Disseminates information from the international network to Nigerian women at the grassroots level
PO Box 1750, NICON House, 2nd Floor, Taiwo Road, Ilorin, Kwara State
Ph#: 0234 31-225 688/ -220 234
Fax#: 0234 31 225 -805/ -688/ -134
Email: iwcc@ilorin.skannet.com

National Council of Women's Societies in Nigeria
Issues: Umbrella Organisation
PO Box 3063, Tafawa Balewa Square Complex, Lagos
Ph#: 63 16 37

Niger Delta Women for Justice
NDWJ's vision is to facilitate the empowerment of disadvantaged women particularly those in rural areas, through programmes of participatory development. These programmes seek to transform all aspects of women's lives so that the women themselves begin to recognize their own potential and their rights and begin to speak through their own voices.
Issues: Grassroots women's organisation - self determination and resource control
13 Agudama Street, D/Line Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Ph#/Fax#: +234 84 236365
Email:info@ndwj.org
Website: http://www.ndwj.kabissa.org/index.html

Pan-African Reconciliation Council & African Centre for Peace Education and Training(ACPET)
PO Box 9354 Marina, Lagos City 101221, Nigeria.
Ph#: (234-1)773-1742
Fax#: +1-208-379-9324
E-mail: parc88@yahoo.com
Website:http://www.peace.ca/africa.htm

RUFARM Nigeria
RUFARM is a grassroots women’s group that is devoted to fighting rural poverty and increasing the self sufficiency of rural women by improving their living conditions through income generating activities.
Email: nogi@rufarm.kabissa.org
Website: http://www.rufarm.kabissa.org/index.html

Women's Centre for Peace and Development
Issues: Economic Opportunity, Girls/Youth Education, Human Rights, Violence Against Women
17, Ago Palace Way, Okota
P. O. Box 4410, Oshodi
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: 234-1-773-1015
Tel: 234-1-774-0731
Fax: 234-1-452-8953
Email: woped@infoweb.abs.net or Tessaku@yahoo.com

Women's Documentation Unit
Issues: National and international network for women
University of Ibadan
Institute of African Studies, Ibadan

UNITED NATIONS CONTACTS


Division for the Advancement for Women
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations
New York, NY 10017, USA
Fax#: (212) 963-3463
Email: daw@un.org
Website: www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The Resident Representative, UNDP
11 Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi
P.O. Box 2075, Marina, Lagos - Nigeria.
Ph#: 234-1-2692141-3
Fax#: 234-1-2691746
Email: registry.ng.@undp.org

UNDP Africa
One United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA
Fax#: (212) 906-6478
Website: www.un.org/rba/

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Regional Programme Director
UNIFEM Office for English-speaking West Africa
Countries include: Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone
P.O. Box 2075, Lagos
Tel. (234-1) 2692006
Fax: (234-1) 269-0885

GOVERNMENT CONTACTS


Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development
New Federal Secretariat, Annex B, Garki
P.M. Bag 229, Garki Abuja
Ph#: (234-9) 523 7115
Fax#: (234-9) 523 3644

Women in Nigeria (WIN)
Ministry of Justice
P.M.B. 3040, Gidan Murtala, Kano
Ph#: 234-64 622374
Fax#: 234-627694

NEW YORK PERMANENT MISSION


Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations
828 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Ph. (212) 953 9130
Fax. (212) 697 1970
E-mail: bgaun@undp.org