WACOL, HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA.

In an emerging democracy / transitional state such as Nigeria, strict compartmentalization or discrimination in the work of a Civil Society Organisation such as WACOL is a difficult task. This is made all the more so because the level of illiteracy is high, political awareness is low and the rate of human right abuse is high, with a lot of the later appearing as deeply rooted cultural and traditional practices. Besides, a culture of civil society activity is only beginning to emerge in Nigeria. Institutional/ infrastructural collapse leading to limited delivery on the so called democracy dividend continued to increase the pressure and tension in the polity. This is the nature of the environment in which WACOL has worked tenaciously since inception to positively impact on the life of the citizenry. It is understandable, therefore, that the challenge has been enormous in our core areas of competence including Gender, Democracy and Governance, Human Rights, Reproductive Health Rights and Conflict Resolution.
Other activities include:

• Outreach Programs
  Outreach programs for the following category:
  Women
  Young People
  Parents
  Teachers
  Service Providers
  Policy Makers/Legislators
  Religious, traditional and community leaders
  Information Dissemination
  Information Dissemination through:
  Mass media
  Information Technology, workshops, seminars and conferences
  IEC materials, brochures, leaflets, posters, stickers etc.
  Training and Consultation

Human Rights for Women and young people
Training of community advocates.
Training of paralegal
Training of community/Civic Educators.
Training on Women's health and rights.
Training of peer health educators (PHEs).
Democracy and Good Governance
Conflict Mitigation
Advocacy/using rights based approach
Socio Economic Rights of Women
HIV/AIDS
Gender based violence.
Training and consultation on inheritance rights of women and girls.
Victims/survivor Assistance programme on sexual/domestic violence.

• Center for Abused Women, providing a range of services (To women and Girls)
  . Shelter/safe homes at crisis moment.
  . Legal advice/assistance
  . Counseling victims and their families.
  . Documentation of cases of abuse
  . Drop-in centre

Library and information services