UN Women has advocated for an enabling environment for women to contribute, have their voices heard in developing and implementing solutions to address the root causes of conflict and promote peace, at all levels.
The UN Women Country Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Beatrice Eyong, made the call at the National Validation workshop of the 3rd National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
Ms. Eyong, explained that Nigeria’s decision to address contextualized women’s peace and security issues have been made possible with the adoption and implementation of the first and second National Action Plan (NAP) on women, peace and security, adopted in 2013 and 2017, respectively.
‘Over the years, these efforts have contributed to remarkable achievements, including domestication of laws and policies that protect women and girls’ rights; increase in Women’s Participation and Representation in Traditional decision making structures; establishment of functional women, peace an
d security architecture; development of State Action Plans (SAPs) in sixteen states, and local action plans, as well as enhancement of gender responsive security sector through the development Gender Policies and implementation mechanisms for security sector institutions.
Source: Voice of Nigeria