CSJ To Spotlight SGBV With New Manual On Budgeting For Gender-Based Violence

The Centre for Social Justice is set to publish a manual on budgeting for gender-based violence, the first of its kind in Nigeria .

The project funded by the European Union under the British Council’s Agents for Citizen-driven Transformation (ACT) will see the publication of one thousand copies of the gender-based violence budgeting manual by the end of its first quarter.

The EU-ACT project aims to make the Federal Capital Territory Abuja fully responsive to gender-based violence. In the end, it is expected that ministries, departments and agencies of government and partner Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) acquire strategic knowledge, skill and competences on budgeting to respect, protect and fulfil the state’s obligations on gender-based violence.  

This programme is relevant to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and will contribute to the progressive achievement of SDG 16 but also promotes progress towards SDG  5. The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to more inclusive, effective, accountable and gender-responsive development in Nigeria.

It will complement sectoral programmes by contributing to the strengthening of a strong, vibrant, and independent civil society which can further good governance through policy analysis and advocacy, by monitoring government performance and the action and behaviour of public officials.  There will be a specific focus on mobilising Nigerians, including women and girls, vulnerable and marginalised groups especially at the grassroots level, to participate more fully in politics and public affairs towards improving accountability and effectiveness of government.