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International Women’s Day 2023: Focus for WHER Initiative

GLOBAL THEME: DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for Gender Equality. WHER FOCUS: DIGITAL SAFETY FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN NIGERIA   If we just consider the positive aspects of digital spaces, we would be discounting the negative experiences that women and girls have in these environments, particularly queer women, girls, gender non-conforming people, and queer women

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Valentine’s Dinner 2023

The annual Valentine’s Day dinner for LBQ couples debuted in 2022 which had in attendance over 40 LBQ couples and singles in attendance.   For the 2023 edition was held on the 12th of February 2023 with more than 20 LBQ couples. The day was set aside to celebrate the love that exist within the

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International Human Rights Day 2022

Morning Session: International Human Rights day is observed annually on the 10th of December every year, this is a day set aside by the United Nations to reassert that Human rights are the foundation for human dignity, and the cornerstone of a peaceful, inclusive, fair, equal and prosperous world. The global theme for IHRD 2022

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APA 2022

AFRICAN PRIDE ACCELERATED 2022 was from its inception an outlet to celebrate our work and survival in the face of oppression and violence, and a chance to celebrate our beautiful and diverse community. The event featured panel discussions (SSMPA and its effects on the LGBTQI+ community in Nigeria, and Meaningful Youth Engagement within the LGBTQI+ Developmental space)

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RAINBOW READS BOOK CLUB

WHER Initiative kick-started a book club and named it RAINBOW READS book club. This book club was intended to further advertise both the physical and virtual resource libraries of WHER. The main objective of this project is for LBQ women who are book-lovers to gain the benefits of belonging to a book club and to

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Strengthening The Social-Economic Status Of Lesbian Bisexual And Queer Women.

WHER Initiative conducted a Psychological Empowerment and Life Skills Building Workshop, and also Planning and Maintaining Small Income Generating Enterprise Workshop from 18th – 24th October 2019 and 26th – 1st November 2019 respectively. The workshop which held in Abuja saw 35 participants in attendance. The psychological empowerment workshop covered topics on understanding SOGIESC and

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