EWEI believes in the power of advocacy and collective action to achieve sustainable change and development. Every year we mark certain days as a means of raising awareness about different issues and provide a means for citizens to advocate to and engage with stakeholders. These Observance Days are marked with focus on various themes on which stakeholder action is required.
Click on the Observance Day link to find out more about the significance of the day and click on the EWEI activities to find out about our activities to mark the day. Older reports of Observance Days activities can be found on www.ewei.wikifoundry.com.
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| 4 February World Cancer Day |
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| 4th February 2012 |
Special feature in EWEI NEWS March 2012 edition on cancer survivor, Mrs Kwaghza Mercy. Theme for the day: “Together It Is Possible” |
EWEI NEWS March 2012 edition |
EWEI NEWS was distributed to 1,000 beneficiaries |
| 4th February 2013 |
Seminar on 2013 Theme: Dispel Damaging Myths and Misconception about cancer under the tagline “Cancer-Did you Know?” |
Bethel Comprehensive Schools Television, Kaduna. |
21 participants (1 Resource person, 3 teaching staff, 2 EWEI and 15 students) |
| 4th February 2014 |
Designing Cancer ribbons by staff and volunteers on the 3rd of February. On the 4th the EWEI Seminar to raise awareness on cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, treatment as well as dispel damaging myths and misconception about cancer building on 2013 activities |
Government Girls Secondary School Senior Doka, Kaduna |
128 students (9 Teaching staff, 2 EWEI staff and 3Volunteers) |
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| 8 March International Women’s Day |
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| 8th March 2011 |
EWEI/GWG IWD Exhibition and Seminar |
Kay’s Fun Center Police College Kaduna, Nigeria |
227 participants (16 Exhibitors and 211 participants) |
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10 March 2012 |
- Feature on Capital TV on Kaduna Today 10.00AM WAT
- 9th March Generations For Peace Sport Programme for Children and Youth.
- 10th March Feature on Teens and Tweens DITV Kaduna at 10.00am WAT Theme was “Connecting Girls and Inspiring Futures”
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Capital TV Kaduna, Government Girls Secondary School, Senior Section Independence Way, Kaduna and DITV Kaduna. |
Audiences of Capital TV and DITV (potentially 1 million viewers in Kaduna state) features while 100 girls for the SPPY programmes |
| 8th March 2013 |
Special messages and speech bubbles created by students of Prince Schools Narayi High Cost Kaduna, Government Girls Secondary School Junior and Senior Independence Way Kaduna and Government Girls Secondary School Doka Kaduna with the Theme: The Gender Agenda Gaining Momentum: “A Promise is a Promise- Time to end Violence against Women and Girls” |
Prince Schools Narayi Kaduna, GGSS Junior and Senior Independence Way Kaduna and GGSS Doka |
48 people participants (45 students, 1 Teacher and 2 EWEI staff) |
| 7th March 2014 |
Seminar with students of Bethel Comprehensive Schools Kaduna on the Theme: “Equality for Women is Progress for All” |
Bethel Comprehensive Schools Television Kaduna. |
102 participants (90 students female and male, 8 Teaching staff, Two volunteers and 2 EWEI staff) |
| 29th March 2014 |
Seminar for women of Tum Community of Kaura Local Government Kaduna with the Theme: “Inspiring Change” Key Message “ A Woman as an Agent of Change” |
Tum Community Kaura, Local Government Area, Kaduna State. |
62 participants (55 women, 4 District Heads, 1 Resource person and 2 EWEI staff) |
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| 7 April World Health Day |
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| 7th April 2013 |
Getting Involved Seminar on Hypertension: Managing the Health of Women in a Conducive Environment with members of the Kaduna Prison Women’s Association, Kakuri, Kaduna Nigeria. |
Kaduna Open Prison Kakuri, Kaduna. |
22 participants (19 women, 1 resource person and 2 EWEI staff) |
| 7th April 2014 |
Awareness visit to Hanyi Banki Community on the threat posed by vectors (mosquitoes) and vector borne disease (especially malaria) and to enlighten the community women to take action to protect themselves. |
Hanyi Banki Community Kaduna North Local Government Area, Kaduna State |
34 participants, (30 women, 3 EWEI staff and a Volunteer). |
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| 5 June World Environment Day |
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| 5th June 2012 |
EWEI Educational Subsidy Programme Beneficiaries mark World Environment Day taking action their school through the Hand Washing and Sanitation Campaign, in two public schools. 9 toilets were washed in GGSS Independence Way Senior while 8 toilets were washed in GGSS Doka. 15 classrooms were also thoroughly cleaned at GGSS Independence Way. |
Government Girls Secondary School Doka Senior and Government Girls Secondary School Senior Independence Way both in Kaduna State, Nigeria. |
Students and staff of both schools – more than 60 participants |
| 5th June 2013 |
Social Media Campaign raising awareness on the Theme: Think. Eat. Save. |
EWEI Offices 23a Dan Buran Road, Malali G.R.A Kaduna. |
2 EWEI staff, 1 Volunteer, and 2 ESP beneficiaries/Volunteer Interns and EWEI’s online audience: 500+ |
| 5th June 2014 |
Field Visit to Firoro Dam Angwan Boro to speak with women on floods and natural disasters and what roe women can play in the prevention and management of such disasters. The theme of the day is on climate change and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) |
Firoro Dam Angwan Boro, Chikun Local Government Area |
24 participants(20 women, 3 EWEI staff and 1 volunteer) |
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| 21 September International Day of Peace |
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| 21st September 2011 |
Marked in collaboration with its international partner Generations For Peace through a one day Advocacy event for members of the media, civil society, religious group, women, youth groups and government officials from four local government areas in Kaduna State. |
Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna, Nigeria. |
23 youth and leaders, officials from Kaduna North, South, Zangon kataf, and Soba Local Government Areas, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, Women Groups, Faith based Organizations, Persons with Disabilities and Urban based Civil Society Organizations |
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| 11 October International Day of the Girl Child |
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| 15th October 2012 |
IDGC Voice Out. The day promoted girls’ rights and highlighted gender inequalities that remain between girls and boys. The Theme for the first ever observance of this day was “Ending Child Marriage” EWEI marked the day with a video montage of girls age 15-17 years speaking out on what they believe their rights are. This montage featured girls from different communities in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Please follow this link to watch Voice Outhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jShxkrHek&feature=plcp. |
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24 participants (22 girls 15-17 years, with 2 EWEI staff) |
| 11th October 2013 |
Innovating for Girls’ Education was the theme for 2013 and the day was marked with female students of Government Technical School, Malali, Kaduna. The day provide a platform to highlight examples of ongoing works and achievements, as well as raise awareness of the importance of innovation in advancing girls’ education and promoting learning and empowerment. |
Government Technical School, Malali Kaduna, Nigeria. |
28 participants (20 students, 4 Teaching staff, 2 EWEI staff and 2 ESP beneficiaries/Volunteer Interns) |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jShxkVkrHek. |
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| 15 October International Day of the Rural Woman |
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| 15th October 2012 |
Field visit to Goddy farms Narayi Kaduna. The one day visit for women from Sabo community focused on fish farming, rearing and cultivation. The Farm Director Mr. Godwin Manku taught the women how to rear fish to generate income, explaining how they can easily start up a fish farm with a very small earthen pond stocked up with a hundred fingerlings and feed them with tiny fish for 4 months, after which they can be harvested for sale. |
Goddy Farms Narayi, Kaduna, Nigeria. |
5 women, 1staff of Youth, Orphans and Widow Empowerment as well as 2 EWEI staff attended the program. |
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| October Stand Up Take Action |
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| 19th September 2010 |
EWEI observed the 2010 SUTA at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mercy Hall Kaduna in collaboration with Prime Initiatives. The STAND UP campaign was taken to youth and adults with the message “Make our money work for us” the event also featured the presentation of gifts to the winners in the EWEI STAND UP 2010 competition.EWEI STAND UP competition was a call for poems or art work to depict the theme of the day- Make our Money Work for us. First Prize winner was Raphael Agadama’s Poem. |
Redeemed Christian Church of God, Mercy Hall Kaduna, Nigeria |
250 youth and adults |
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| 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 16 Days of Activism |
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| 16th November 2011 |
One day capacity building workshop for social welfare officials in Kaduna North Local Government as part of the Know and Say No campaign to strengthen Institutional capacity to address cases of gender based violence. |
Kaduna North Local Government Hall. |
18 Participants (13 social welfare workers, 1 Legal Practitioner, 4 EWEI staff) |
| 26th November 2012 |
Exchange Forum for Kaduna North Local Government Social Welfare Workers and Female Legal Practitioners to further build the capacity of social welfare workers on gender issues and how to handle gender based violence in their duties. This forum is a part of a continuing project, Know and Say No which primarily concerned with raising awareness about gender based violence as well as strengthening institutional capacities to address the pandemic of gender based violence |
FIDA Office Keffi Road by Lagos Street, Kaduna. |
14 participants (9 social welfare workers, 1 FIDA personnel, 2 EWEI staff, 1 EWEI Mentor and 1 EWEI volunteer) |
| 25 November 2013 |
Know and Say No: 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence/ International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women One Day Seminar for Zumuta Mata (Women Group) of Television community to continue to raise awareness on Gender based Violence against girls and women and how they get help from the law to get justice for those affected by gender based violence. |
Zumuta Mata Meeting House, Television Kaduna, Nigeria. |
21 participants (15 Women2 Resource persons
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| 1 December World Aids Day |
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| 2014 |
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