Promoting and Protecting Women#s HR Promoting and Protecting Womens HR
The project will facilitate BAOBAB#s work towards the promotion and protection of women#s human rights in the region, including active participation in leadership and decision making positions. The funding will be usedover a 3-year period and funds will be utilized strictly according to agreed guidelines between Oxfam Novib and BAOBAB for Women#s Human Rights. This request covers the following: Training on political education and voting processes for women, televisionand radio programmesand jingles promoting  women#s political participation and decision making, funding of Outreach activities, violence against women intervention activities, training workshops, support of Nigerian Feminist Forum meetings, administrative costs, capacity building programs, regional network meetings, participation at meetings, all in conformity with the vision and mission of BAOBAB for Women#s Human Rights, the African Hub for Women#s Learning Partnership.
The project is expected to meet the following outcomes:
1. Enhancing Leadership and Political Participation among (young) women
# By December 2013, 30 young women each in Lagos and Osun (South West) andAbia states (South East geo-political zone) will have the capacity and be mentored by existing women politicians, to claim political and transformative leadership positions. Some 5-6 women per state are expected to become involved in mainstream politics. The others will assume alternative leadership positions. The participants will be selected in tertiary institutions based on interest and experience. The result is both the increase in the number and quality (transformative leadership) of women political leaders. A database of young female political aspirants and a network of politically informed women will be built. Case studies will be developed on individual women. The young women are expected to pass the skills among their peers, increasing the impact.
# By December 2013, a more positive environment on the political participation of women will be built through Edutainment (education through entertainment),first in Lagos, then in Abia states. Through the 30 minutes radio drama and jingles, the public awareness will be increased and negative reports in the media countered. Specific target groups are the youth, policy makers, political parties in both urban and ruralareas. By end of December 2013, ten thousand Nigerians each in Lagos and Abia states will be reached through this medium.
# By December 2013, the existing Nigerian Feminist Forum will be strengthened as a women#s movement bringing together some 100 representatives from women#s networks and groups in Nigeria and the Nigerian Diaspora. Young women will become involved and peer networks built. Annual meetings will be held, providing some space for #feminist# men. ON will support the pre meeting of the steering committee and the accommodation of participants as well as stationeries at the national conference. Funding from other donor will handle logistics.

2. General lobby and advocacy on women#s rights
# By December 2013, public awareness on violence against women will be raised by the existing Baobab Outreach Teams in 15 states across Nigeria during the annual #16 days of activism# (25/11-10/12). This target toreach at least ten thousand Nigerian in each of the 15 states. The annual global theme is identified by UN Women. There will be a sensitization match campaign in Lagos targeting over twenty thousand Nigerians; ON will support the pre-meeting, the Match and link Baobab to empower.org on a global campaign to end violence against women.
# By December 2013, the existing NGO coalition on CEDAW in cooperation with other coalitions will continue to advocate for the domestication of CEDAW through passing of the 2010 Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill, combining key provisions of CEDAW and the AU protocol on women#s rights. If passed, the bill still has to beratified by each state. However, laws at state level cannot contradict national legislation.