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The Women Leaders Network for Development – Réseau des Femmes Leaders pour le Développement (RFLD) founded in 2012 is a regional organization based in West Africa working with 470 members from over 60 women-led member organizations across 27 countries to promote and protect the rights of youth and women and ensure their participation in decision-making spheres.

Operating throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, RFLD boasts an extensive network of CSOs, media partners, and regional networks that allows us to influence the enabling environment for women’s rights.

Expertise and Focus Areas

RFLD’s expertise lies in specific approaches, including:

  • Inclusive development: Applying rights-based approaches to gender mainstreaming to foster inclusive and equitable societies.
  • Civic space and human rights: Promoting and protecting fundamental rights and freedoms, fostering a vibrant and active civil society.
  • Gender equality: Advocating for equal opportunities and access to resources for women and girls across all spheres of life.
  • Climate change: Addressing the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and communities, advocating for sustainable and equitable solutions.
  • Sexual health rights: Empowering individuals and communities to make informed choices about their sexual health and reproductive rights.
  • Institutional building and empowerment: Strengthening the capacity of women’s rights organizations to advocate effectively for change.
  • Policy development expertise: Shaping policies that advance women’s and girls’ rights across various sectors
  • Fight against harmful practices: Eradicating harmful traditional practices that violate human dignity and rights.
  • Peace and Security: Comprehensive approach combining security measures, conflict prevention and resolution, governance reforms and socio-economic development initiatives.
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The vision of the NGO Women Initiative for Peace and Security (WIPeS) is to be a great crucible in the fight against violence, in order to build a world where peace and social cohesion reign. Its mission is to develop educational strategies that promote violence prevention, self-fulfilment and peace.

  • The objectives of WIPeS are:
    Contribute to the reduction of violence, including violent extremism, and the fight against the proliferation of arms, munitions and related materials;
    Promote the peaceful resolution of conflicts;
    Promote Good Governance focused on the defense of human rights, elections, gender equality and children’s rights;
    Contribute to environmental protection for sustainable peace.

NGO areas of intervention

Human rights, including women’s and children’s rights, empowerment, good governance, countering violent extremism, and environmental protection
Focus region: West Africa

 

The African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights promotes human rights and democracy through training, action-oriented research, publications and documentation. Its protection function includes, but is not limited to, the promotion of international standard-setting. Where deemed necessary, the Center provides assistance to organizations and individuals.

The African Center maintains communication, training and research networks between NGOs”.

Objectives:

  • To undertake action-oriented research and publications on issues relating to human rights and democracy in Africa ;
  • Undertake education and training activities to promote ;
  • Maintain a documentation center for research and training, and collect documentation relating to democracy and human rights;
  • Strengthen the capacity of other African organizations to monitor and protect human rights in Africa;
  • Provide assistance to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the form of training, research reports and collaboration with its documentation center;
  • Strengthen its relations with various United Nations organizations and other regional IGOs”.

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

Gender equality
Conflict management and resolution
Governance and the Right to Development.
Focus area: Africa

 

The mission of the NGO Citoyens pour la Paix et la Justice (CPJ) is “to educate communities for a change in behavior to integrate respect for human rights in all sectors of citizens’ lives”, while referring to democratic principles, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the various existing laws in the Republic of Guinea.

CPJ’s objectives are:

  • To contribute to the promotion of human and environmental rights and to help combat sexual and gender-based violence at all levels.

NGO areas of intervention


Human rights; peacebuilding, democracy and governance; environment and health; protection and fight against gender-based violence.
Focus region: Guinea

The mission of the NGO Association pour l’Unité et le Travail Social (AUTRAS) is to promote the right to full citizenship for women and to combat violence against women and girls in Mauritania; to contribute to the strengthening of respect for and enhancement of human rights in Mauritania; to protect and promote human rights, particularly for women victims of slavery and slavery-like practices, including gender-based violence.
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  • CPJ’s objectives are:
    • Promote women’s fundamental rights and make them accessible to all women and girls;
    • Empower women economically and politically for full participation in public life;
    • Promote grassroots awareness among women and young people to change social norms that tolerate violence against women;
    • Strengthen the capacities of women and girls in terms of the gender approach and revitalize the mechanisms for combating GBV at the level of local CSOs and grassroots communities.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Violence against women and girls
  • Elimination of harmful practices such as child marriage and FGM
  • Promotion and protection of women’s rights
  • Promotion of civic spaces
  • Capacity building
  • Awareness-raising and advocacy

Focus region: Mauritania

 

Mission of the Groupe de Recherche et d’Action pour le Bien-Être au Bénin (GRABE BENIN): To contribute to the regeneration and preservation of natural ecosystems, followed by sustainable development.
Vision: To see the planet green and resplendent with health, enjoying happy days for all existing beings, both those of present and future generations.

  • GRABE’s objective is:
    to transmit environmental awareness to the population and promote well-being for all

NGO areas of intervention

  • Environmental protection
  • Cultural biodiversity
  • Basic hygiene and sanitation
  • Sustainable tourism and solidarity tourism
  • Local development and action research

Focus area: Benin

 

The Mission of Raise The Young Foundation is to promote and protect the rights of women and children against all forms of abuse and exploitation, and to strengthen the safety and protection of young human rights defenders. To envision a just and equitable society that will create a safe space for women and children to maximize their potential.

The objectives of Raise The Young Foundation are:
Promote gender equality, women’s and children’s rights, the protection of young human rights defenders and climate change.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Women’s rights
  • Children’s rights
  • Climate change
  • Youth rights
  • Humanitarian support
    Focus region: Gambia – Sierra Leone – Liberia – Guinea Bissau

 

Mission: We are committed to the promotion of human rights, women’s socio-economic development and women’s leadership.

Vision: To achieve an egalitarian society where rights are known and expressed, where women’s leadership is no longer an objective to be attained, but rather a reality, and where women and youth of all persuasions are key players in development.

Objectives

  • Promote human rights, particularly those of women, and help people to know their rights, claim them and exercise them.
  • Educate communities about behaviors and actions that promote and guarantee peace and women’s well-being
  • Support women through training and the financing of income-generating activities
  • provide financial and material support to women and all groups in need of social assistance
  • make women major players in community development
  • put media players at the heart of initiatives to promote human rights and freedoms in general, and women’s rights in particular

NGO areas of intervention

Human rights and freedoms
Gender
Youth
Reproductive health
Media
Focus area: Benin

 

The mission of Rede Nacional de Jovens Lideres de São Tomé et Príncipe is:

  • To provide members with access to documentation and bibliography on youth ;
  • Organize working groups for research, study and analysis of youth-related issues;
  • Publish magazines, newspapers or other documents of relevant interest;
  • Organize meetings, symposia, conferences and seminars;
  • Promote the training of young people with a view to their social integration;
  • Promote exchange and cooperation with national and foreign associations pursuing the same objectives.
  • The objectives are:
    Ensure the participation of young people in Parliament and other decision-making bodies, in accordance with the laws in force;
  • Ensure equal access for young people of both sexes to decision-making and civic responsibilities;
  • Give priority to policies and programs that include youth advocacy and peer education programs for young people who are marginalized in society, such as the illiterate and unemployed, offering them the opportunity and motivation to reintegrate into society:encourage respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms referred to in the various provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and in the relevant international declarations and conventions
  • Promote respect for the environment and natural resources;
  • Develop life skills, enabling them to behave and act effectively in society in areas such as HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, substance abuse prevention and cultural practices harmful to the health of young people of both sexes, issues that must be included in educational programs.
  • Stimulate young people’s participation in community work as an integral part of education, to reinforce the sense of civic duty;
  • Set up scholarship programs to encourage enrolment in secondary and higher education, with a particular focus on young people from the most disadvantaged communities, especially girls;
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NGO areas of intervention

Education
Health
Employment
Inclusion
Leadership and governance

Focus region: Sao Tomé et Principe – Cape Verde

The mission of the NGO Femmes Engagées pour l’Emancipation et le Développement (FEMMES-EmanDev) is to make girls and women aware of the urgent need to change things, and of the possibility of taking powerful action to achieve gender equality between men and women, so that equality between the sexes becomes a reality in African societies. The mission is also to promote the well-being and empowerment of girls and women.

The VISION of the NGO FEMMES-EmanDev is to build a sustainable African society where the rights of girls and women are respected through the creation of a civic environment that enables the expression of potential.

FEMMES-EmanDev’s objectives are:

  • Contribute to the promotion of women’s rights;
  • Work to strengthen women’s and young people’s leadership skills and encourage their participation in decision-making;
  • Encourage, support and accompany the civic commitment of women and young people;
  • Work to restore the socio-economic and legal status of women in vulnerable situations;
  • Contribute to the advancement of women and young people through their participation in initiatives designed to strengthen democracy and the rule of law.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Coaching, inclusion and social education
  • Awareness-raising on the full participation of young people in development initiatives
  • Social and family support
  • Fight against harmful practices

Focus region: Benin – Togo – Gabon – Central Africa

 

The mission of Jeunesse, Eveil, et Conscience is to:
– Mobilize Benin’s youth around JEC
– make JEC known to all young people in Benin through our activities and on the international scene
– support the conception, elaboration and implementation of ideas and projects for the development of Benin’s communes.

JEC’s vision is to create a melting pot of mobilization, reflection and effective participation of young people for the development of Benin.

 

JEC’s objectives are:

  • Work to protect the environment
  • Combat child trafficking and abuse, and assist the disabled, the destitute and prisoners.
  • Promote good education for children and young people
  • Contribute to the development of Benin through socio-educational, cultural and sporting activities.
    promote social marketing, the fight against HIV, STIs and good sex education
  • Guide young people towards entrepreneurship and train them in digital professions and opportunities.

NGO areas of intervention

Education, Training, Environment, Culture
Focus region: Benin – Togo – Niger – Mali

The Vision of the NGO JeRestaure Bien Etre is to work for innovation and the restoration of the well-being of communities, particularly young people and women.

The general objective of the NGO is to work for innovation and the restoration of the well-being of communities, particularly young people and women.
To this end, its specific objectives are to :
promote respect for the rights of women and young people;
promote cultural and moral values through awareness-raising campaigns;
take and support initiatives in favor of young people and women in the fields of education, the environment, development and civic engagement.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Promote respect for the rights of women and young people,
  • Promoting cultural and moral values through awareness-raising,
  • Undertake and support initiatives in favor of young people and women in the fields of education, the environment, development and civic engagement.
    Focus area: Benin – Burkina Faso – Ivory Coast

The mission of the NGO EAH Bien Etre is to work for the socio-economic development of communities.

The general objective of the NGO is to work for the socio-economic development of communities.
Its specific objectives are to :
– work to protect the environment and improve living conditions;
– to promote environmental education within communities, and to encourage women’s literacy;
– assist populations affected by fires and other natural disasters;
– promote access to drinking water;
– Combat poverty by supporting and financing women’s income-generating activities (IGAs);
– support initiatives in the fields of education and tourism.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Protecting the environment and improving living conditions
  • Environmental education and women’s literacy
  • Social actions
  • Health care
  • Education and tourism

Focus region: Benin – Togo – Guinea

Innovative Organization of Women and Youth for Education and Development (ORNOFEJUC-DEV)


Mission: to innovate to promote education and sustainable development for women and young people Vision: to set up a realistic partnership system through the involvement of the relevant authorities to promote education and development for women and young people to protect them.

The objectives are:

  • Encourage initiatives aimed at quality education and development;
  • promote the rights and duties of women and
  • young people;
    promote access to drinking water for the population;
  • work to ensure respect for the rights of women and young people;
  • take and support initiatives in favor of populations in the fields of sexual health, the environment and tourism;
  • combat violence against women and young people.
    u well-being for all


NGO areas of intervention

  • Environmental protection
  • Cultural biodiversity
  • Basic hygiene and sanitation
  • Sustainable tourism and solidarity tourism
  • Local development and action research

Focus region: West Africa

The mission of the NGO Education pour la Jeunesse et l’Emancipation des Femmes is to support Civil Society Organizations for the socio-economic Development of communities, education, promotion and protection of the rights of young people and women. es


The objectives are:

  • Combat poverty by supporting women and young people;
  • work for the education of women and young people;
  • assist populations affected by natural disasters;
  • promote access to drinking water;
    promote respect for the rights of women and young people;
  • take and support initiatives in favor of populations in the fields of sexual health, the environment and tourism.


NGO areas of intervention

Education
Civic freedom
Human rights
Health
Environment
Tourism
Focus area: Benin – Togo – Liberia

Our mission is to work for the well-being of communities.
Our vision is to build an organization that promotes education, gender equality, women’s leadership, youth and women’s rights.

The objectives are:

  • Promote the rights of young people and women
  • Encourage civic engagement
  • Empower young people and women
  • Support initiatives that promote gender equality, women’s leadership and education
  • Combating sexual violence


NGO areas of intervention

  • Education
  • Human Rights
  • Civic space
  • Peace and Security
  • Fight against violence against women and harmful practices
  • Youth and women empowerment
  • Women’s leadership
  • Sexual and reproductive health
    Focus region: Benin – Senegal – Ivory Coast – Niger

To make Benin an exemplary green country in terms of sustainable development, with a shared commitment to promoting agroecology and measures to adapt to climate change.


The objectives are to:

  • Preserve the environment
  • Protect natural resources
  • Promote food security
  • Inform and raise awareness on scientific issues
  • Promote organic and sustainable agriculture
  • Uphold the rights of vulnerable people and refugees.


NGO areas of intervention

  • Food security
  • Environmental
  • protection
  • Fight against climate change
  • Biodiversity

Focus region: Benin

CADID’s vision is to help build a world free of poverty, with greater justice and solidarity, in which men and women can fully exercise their rights and be treated fairly without discrimination. A resilient world in which human actions are consistent with sustainable development.
Our mission is to reduce poverty, fight hunger, promote sustainable agriculture, work for the well-being of all, promote human rights, especially those of children and women, with a particular focus on reducing gender inequality.


The objectives are:

  • Promote participatory and sustainable development initiatives
  • Contribute to raising awareness and reducing poverty
  • Combat hunger and promote sustainable agriculture
  • Work for the well-being of the entire population and ensure access to quality education for all
  • Promote culture and assistance to people in difficult situations


NGO areas of intervention

  • Promotion of women’s rights and reduction of inequalities between men and women
  • Children’s rights and protection
  • Improving community health and nutrition
  • Combating poverty in rural areas
  • Sustainable agriculture and climate change

Focus region: West Africa

Vision

Reveal cultural, tourism and sports talents and work to reduce poverty

Mission

To contribute to the identification and enhancement of cultural, tourist and sporting potential through strong actions and to the reduction of poverty in all its forms by creating chains of solidarity to achieve the objectives.

The objectives are:

  • Work for the development and promotion of Benin’s heritage in the fields of culture, tourism and sports.
  • Contribute to the socio-economic well-being of grassroots communities.


NGO areas of intervention

  • Culture
  • Tourism
  • Sports
  • Socio-economic
    Focus area : Benin

FeSCo-JAE’s mission is to combat poverty and unemployment by initiating social assistance and entrepreneurial support projects for the population in general and young people in particular.


The objective of the FeSCO-JAE NGO is to work for the socio-economic development of communities in general and young people in particular.


NGO areas of intervention

Empowerment and Fulfillment of Women and Youth
Focus region: Benin – Sierra Leone – Nigeria – Ghana – Cameroon – DRC

FEDER-SOCIAL’s mission is to involve young people and raise their awareness of sustainable development through training sessions, and to guarantee massive access for women to decision-making bodies.


The vision is to promote and protect the rights of young people and women and ensure social well-being.

The objectives are:

  • Contribute to the restoration of women’s moral and ethical values in society;
  • Develop female leadership through awareness-raising and training sessions;
  • Promote gender equality, encourage civic commitment, raise awareness of the importance of peace through training;
  • Promote and protect the rights of young people and women;
  • Work with state and non-state actors to ensure the massive participation of women in decision-making bodies.


NGO areas of intervention

  • Human rights and social justice
  • Governance and democracy
  • Social services and well-being
  • Advocacy and policy change
  • Education and skills
    development
  • Environmental conservation
    sustainability
  • Peace and security

Focus region: Cameroon – DRC – Guinea – Nigeria – Benin – Togo – Chad

Africa Future Minds’ vision is to build sustainable, civic-minded communities in Africa in which the rights of all strata are respected and valued.

The mission is to build bridges of North-South and South-South cooperation to create a positive impact on the world.

Our objectives are to
Promote the development and empowerment of African women through regional cooperation for sustainable development.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Women’s rights, civil rights and economic justice
  • Local development and environment

Target region: Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Niger and Nigeria

MISSION :

To improve learning conditions by combating all forms of educational and social inequality, and to provide innovative solutions for real community development.

Vision

To be a benchmark organization in promoting and supporting grassroots community initiatives for an egalitarian and peaceful world.


Our objectives are:

  • Promote schooling and academic excellence
  • Promote gender equality
  • Contribute to the empowerment anddevelopment of women and young people
  • Protect children, ensure respect for their rights and encourage their development
  • Environmental education
  • Educate on sexual and reproductive health
  • Promoting healthy leisure activities
  • Promoting our cultural identities

  • NGO areas of intervention
  • Education
  • Environment
  • Human rights and child protection
  • Culture

Focus region: West Africa

The mission of the NGO ADEX is to work to reduce the poverty rate of grassroots populations and improve their living conditions.


Its objectives are to

  • Promote education through financial and material support for children from disadvantaged social strata and people in difficult circumstances.
  • Provide access to drinking water for the local population, and take action to improve hygiene and sanitation in their living environment.
  • Contribute to the health well-being of the population, in particular by raising awareness of chronic diseases and gender-based violence, and through tutoring.
  • Promote sports and recreational activities by organizing inter-local tournaments and events.
  • Promote culture through the valorization of worthy local traditional rites and rhythms.


NGO areas of intervention

  • Education
  • Training
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Assistance
  • Food security
  • Child protection
  • Volunteer sports and culture

Focus area: West Africa

CIB’s objectives

– Promote the visibility of companies, organizations and institutions via audiovisual productions adapted to innovative digital communication in all sectors of activity, with a focus on best practices.
– Advise and support customers in their innovative management of social media via visual and artistic aspects for quality digital communication.
– Design and produce audiovisual content adapted to the demands of the digital world.

Our areas of expertise are:

  • Communication and digital strategy
  • Training
  • Digital marketing
  • Production of documentary videos and advertising spots

Focus region: West Africa

JAIE’s vision is to build a peaceful world where all men and women enjoy their full rights.
JAIE’s mission is to work for the promotion of human rights, consumerism, education and the integration of young people and women into decision-making spheres for sustainable development.

The main objective is:
Contribute to human, equitable and sustainable development promoting human rights with a focus on education, digital, good governance, consumerism, and environmental protection.
Specifically, it aims to :
– promote and defend human rights, particularly those of consumers;
– Promote responsible civic participation and engagement by young people and women, youth entrepreneurship and education;
– Encourage youth and women’s leadership and digital technology;

NGO areas of intervention

  • Human rights and gender promotion
  • Consumerism and digital rights

Education and youth

Focus region: West Africa

The mission of the NGO WoLSI is “To contribute to the sustainable progress of communities by creating generations of women leaders in the professional, social, cultural, economic and political fields with a strong sense of individual and collective responsibility”.

The vision of the NGO WoLSI is “To be the leading organization of excellence promoting women’s leadership and empowerment in Africa”.

The objectives are:

  • Work for the respect and promotion of the rights of children, girls and women ;
  • Support women’s initiatives for full empowerment;
  • Work for the social and economic empowerment of young people;
  • Promote gender awareness and a new generation of positive-impact leaders;
  • Contribute to building the capacities of associations and NGOs involved in gender promotion;
  • Work for the socio-economic empowerment of vulnerable people through social economy initiatives;
  • Promote social, ethical and civic values;
  • Carrying out socio-educational actions in favor of the community.

 

NGO areas of intervention

  • Education
  • Social and Solidarity
  • Economy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Protection and promotion of the rights of children, girls and women.
    Focus region: West Africa

The mission of the NGO Assistance aux Femmes et Enfants en Difficulté is to secure a space where human rights are applied and respected.


The objectives are:

  • Defend women’s political and economic rights;
  • Work to improve the health of women and children;
  • Fight against school dropouts, especially among girls;
  • Fight for the respect of national and international laws;
  • Fight against violence and discrimination against girls and women;
  • Contribute to peace and social cohesion.


NGO areas of intervention

  • Violence against women
  • Peace and social
  • cohesion
  • Women’s and children’s health
  • Gender equality
    Focus region: Sahel

Biowa’s vision is of a world of justice and social peace, in which girls and women enjoy their rights and flourish.
BIOWA’s mission is to work for the promotion of human rights in general and at community level for the restoration of the socio-economic status of women and girls through partnerships, advocacy, capacity building, education, communication and community interventions.


The BIOWA Association aims to promote:
human rights in general and women’s rights in particular, especially in terms of sexual and reproductive health.

To this end, the Association is responsible for: informing, raising awareness and training its members on sexual rights and sexual and reproductive health.
– contributing to the improvement of their living and working conditions,
– Its specific objectives are to
– to inform and raise awareness among women of their right to sexual health, and the prevention of STIs&HIV/AIDS,
– combat gender-based violence,
– to develop advocacy and education initiatives to combat violence and stigmatization against sex workers,
– work for access to healthcare for sex workers,
– denounce sexual abuse,
– work to facilitate economic and geographical access to basic social services for women victims of violence.


NGO areas of intervention

Means of action: the association accepts as means of action everything that can contribute to the realization of its mission and the achievement of its objectives.
– Our strategy is therefore based on research-based and informed action, partnerships, training, advocacy, exchange trips and community interventions.
– The main beneficiaries of Association Biowa’s activities are women victims of sexual or domestic violence
– Girls who are victims of violence of all kinds
– sex workers

Focus region: West Africa

The Research Network for Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (RRIADH) is a women’s organization that promotes human rights and technology through research, advocacy, documentation and training. We emphasize action and the transfer of know-how and experience.

The NGO aims to promote:
Promote women’s empowerment through advocacy, science and technology. .

Its specific objectives are to: Promote the rights of women and girls – Encourage innovation and technology through digital transformation – End harmful practices and sexual violence.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Innovation Lab and Digital Transformation
  • Community Development
  • Science and Robotics
  • Promoting public-private partnerships
  • Women and Youth Rights.

Focus region: West Africa

The IACHR aims to “BUILD SOCIETIES WHERE RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IS AT THE HEART OF EVERYDAY LIFE“. It is an effective platform for digital, social and justice advocacy for an inclusive Africa.

The IACHR’s mission is to contribute from the ground up to capacity building, effective participation and respect for human rights. This is achieved through awareness-raising programs, training and education, and effective advocacy using digital communication technologies.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Human rights and good governance
  • Education and Women’s Rights
  • Environment and sustainable development
  • Raising awareness through digital technologies

Focus region: Sahel

The NGO PAIX ET DEVELOPPEMENT (PD) aims to :

  • Promote education as the foundation of all development
  • Provide material, physical and financial assistance to vulnerable people and victims of poverty and injustice
  • Raise awareness of preventive measures in the fight against pandemics and other infectious diseases. STIs etc. in the fight against pandemics and all other infectious diseases.
  • Raising awareness of sanitation, maintaining a healthy environment, access to drinking water and diversification of energy sources (solar energy, wind power).

 

NGO areas of intervention


organize individual or mass awareness-raising campaigns nationwide and abroad
organize missions and exchange trips in search of partners
participate in social and community works by creating shelters and orphanages, educational and vocational training establishments and health centers.
Focus region: West Africa

The motto of the NGO NOUVELLES PERSPECTIVES POUR UN DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE (NPDD) is “Living together and helping each other for the well-being of all”.

The general aim of the NGO NOUVELLES PERSPECTIVES DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE(NPDD) is to promote women’s emancipation initiatives through advocacy, development and solidarity.

Its specific objectives are to :

  • promote solidarity initiatives in all their forms;
  • combat poverty through support and training for NGO members;
  • promote food self-sufficiency and entrepreneurship in areas such as agriculture and livestock breeding, etc.
  • promote education and literacy for adolescents in difficult situations;
  • promote a healthy environment;
  • promote access to drinking water and the diversification of energy sources;
  • promote physical and mental health, rehabilitation and re-education for people affected by harmful substances;
  • promote women’s emancipation initiatives;
  • combat violence against women;
  • Raise awareness among the population of the responsibilities of participating in all projects for good cohabitation, sustainable development and protection of the common good infrastructure.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Peace
  • Education
  • Environment, hygiene
  • Renewable energies
  • Sustainable development.

Focus region: West Africa

The motto of the Réseau des Journalistes contre la Radicalisation (RJR) is Information and awareness-raising against radicalization in all its forms.

The NGO’s overall aim is to combat radicalization and prevent conflict in the Sahel through the use of the media.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Peace and Security
  • Education
  • Sustainable development

Focus region: Sahel

The vision of VISION UNVERSELLE is to fight for the respect of human rights and to work for social justice and sustainable development.

Its mission is to promote human rights through education, awareness-raising, retreats, training, advocacy and much more.

Its objectives are to

  • Promote initiatives to combat child abuse, child trafficking, violence against women, levirat, etc.
  • Promote awareness, retention, emergence and academic excellence among vulnerable children, especially girls.
  • Help orphans, disadvantaged children, abandoned children and the elderly
  • Promote good environmental management practices
  • Inform, educate and
  • communicate on the prevention of certain serious diseases (AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, etc.) and certain practices harmful to health (diet, environment).
  • Promote the reintegration of out-of-school and vulnerable children through vocational training and apprenticeships.
  • Promote sexual and reproductive health among women
  • Promoting care for the disabled

NGO areas of intervention

  • Peace and security
  • Protection of vulnerable women and children
  • Human rights
  • Social justice
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • Politics and democracy

Focus region: West Africa

Vision: Fight against inequalities, violation of human rights and the environment (climate inequalities, food insecurity, economic justice).

Mission: To add value to local production through innovation, resilience and adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change.

CREDO: Promote local, Act responsibly for sustainable development

Objectives: AGROMEC offers support to local communities and farmers’ organizations through awareness-raising and advocacy on environmental law, and we build their capacities in improved production techniques and value chain approaches to address food insecurity issues.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Sustainable agriculture
  • Climate change
  • Environmental and human rights
  • Menstrual hygiene management

Focus area: Benin

APED’s vision is A Niger without poverty. Its mission is to promote youth entrepreneurship and development.

Objectives: To contribute effectively to the process of significant and sustainable development of the country, by supporting disadvantaged groups, in particular young people, women and communities through coaching, training, awareness-raising, promotion of entrepreneurship and accompaniment.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Youth entrepreneurship
  • Promotion of women’s and children’s rights
  • Education
  • Governance
  • Sexual and reproductive health
  • Food security
  • Climate change
  • Peace building and culture.

Focus region: Niger

Our mission is to help people thrive and work for a healthy environment.

Our vision is to be a leading institution, focused on participatory initiatives in a spirit of solidarity, for the emancipation of vulnerable communities, and sustainable development.

NGO objectives

  • Promote education for all
  • Protect the environment and biodiversity
  • Promote human rights, especially women’s rights and SRHR
  • Work for the economic empowerment of vulnerable communities
  • Promoting social inclusion and well-being through sport
  • Promote renewable energies and access to water
  • Promoting international volunteering

The NGO’s areas of intervention are:

  • Education
  • Environment
  • Defense of human rights
  • Economic empowerment
  • Renewable energies

-Sport
Volunteer work
Focus area: Benin

The mission of the Center for Food Security and Sustainable Development is to:
-Promote sustainable, socially equitable and ecologically sound agriculture,
-support disadvantaged and impoverished communities to improve their living conditions,
-support our public partners on development policy issues.

Our vision is of a just world, where all the poorest populations in the Republic of Benin, prosper, have access to nutritious food and are free from basic needs by valorizing locally available resources in a sustainable way.

Objectives

  • Continuously train and educate all levels of society in the concepts of sustainable development,
  • Strengthen the foundations of sustainable development by mastering the constraints associated with agriculture and biodiversity management in general,
  • Develop and implement projects and action programs in the fields of agricultural, economic, health and biodiversity promotion.
  • Promote organic and ecological farming and organic products
  • Ensure the food and nutritional security of populations.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Food security
  • Sustainable development

Focus region: West Africa

Regard Citoyen’s mission is to promote transparency, good governance and citizen participation. It aims to hold political leaders accountable, actively involve citizens and the media in democratic processes, and foster open and accountable governance.

Regard Citoyen’s vision is of a Democratic Space where transparency, good governance and citizen participation are at the heart of society, and where the media play an active role in promoting fairness and accountability.

Objectives :

  • Educate and involve citizens and media players in democratic
  • processes.
  • Provide civic oversight to ensure the transparency and integrity of political leaders.
  • Encourage responsible and balanced media coverage of political and social issues.
  • Promote good governance and accountability by encouraging leaders to live up to their commitments.
  • Undertake and support development projects that encourage citizen participation and social change.

NGO areas of intervention

  • Civic and media education: Organize workshops and educational programs to raise awareness among citizens and media professionals of their rights and responsibilities, as well as the importance of transparency and integrity.
  • Civic and media watch: Monitor the activities of political leaders and expose any inconsistencies or failure to deliver on their promises, and encourage fair and transparent media coverage.
  • Advocacy: Defend good governance policies and practices, and oppose corruption.
  • Community development: Leading and supporting development projects to strengthen citizen participation and promote social change.

Focus region: French-speaking Africa

The NGO’s mission is to combat all forms of violence against women and children, protect and promote human rights and support vulnerable groups.

The vision is for women to live a future free of violence and for their rights to be respected.

Objectives

  • Combat the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons.
  • Reduce violence against women in the home and apply a gender perspective to the problem of small arms.
  • Promote the 1325
  • Contribute to the security sector reform process in order to improve security and help promote peacebuilding, national reconciliation and peaceful conflict resolution.
  • Promote gender equality and women’s empowerment
  • Combat terrorism and prevent violent extremism
  • Combating the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict

NGO areas of intervention

  • Security Sector Reform
  • Mediation
  • Women’s empowerment
  • Protection

Focus region: Central African Republic

HUMAN EQUALITY is an NGO whose mission is to promote equality between the sexes and between the sexes in an African society that is not totally open and aware of these issues. The organization’s main focus is on young people of all genders, backgrounds and sexual preferences. HUMAN EQUALITY provides social assistance and training to marginalized populations.

The vision is to build civic-minded, sustainable communities in Africa in which the rights of all strata are respected and valued.

The mission is to build a solid social fabric based on respect for individual freedoms, in order to create a positive impact on the world. Our actions are based on three (03) fundamental values: mutual respect, gender equality and shared happiness.

Our areas of intervention are as follows

– Girls’ and boys’ rights

– Local development

– Civil rights and economic justice

To ensure the achievement of our objectives, we adopt the following strategies:

o Information, Education, Communication

o Local technical and financial support

o Field actions

o Studies and Research: Social project monitoring and evaluation

Focus area: Ivory Coast

The mission of the NGO Cœur solidaire is to promote the development and empowerment of African women through cooperation for sustainable development. The organization focuses primarily on women, girls and vulnerable groups. Cœur solidaire provides social assistance and training to disadvantaged populations, particularly women and children.

The vision is to build civic-minded, sustainable communities in Africa in which the rights of all strata are respected and valued.

The mission is to build bridges of North-South and South-South cooperation to create a positive impact on the world. Our actions are based on three (03) fundamental values: Ethics – Solidarity – Responsibility.

Our areas of intervention are as follows

– Women’s and girls’ rights

– Local development and the environment

– Civil Rights and Economic Justice

To achieve our objectives, we adopt the following strategies:

o Information, Education, Communication

o Local technical and financial support

o Field actions

o Studies and Research: Social project monitoring and evaluation

Focus area: Ivory Coast

The vision of the NGO JESPD is to create a world of peace and active solidarity for sustainable development.
sustainable development.

The mission is to offer children and young people opportunities to
build together a world of peace, tolerance
collective responsibility and active solidarity

Objectives:

– Promote youth volunteering and exchanges;
– Encourage intercultural dialogue, exchanges of experience and ideas between people
people from different countries, cultures and religions;
– Teach young people to overcome cultural, religious and linguistic differences, to live and work together
and work together to achieve a common goal;
– Promote a just and dignified education for every child without distinction;
– Promote the encounter of men and women who wish to commit themselves voluntarily to a
or foreign community;
– Enable local communities to contribute to the realization of sustainable development projects
of which they will be the main beneficiaries;
– Promote a healthy environment and raise awareness of the need to protect our planet;
– Inform and raise awareness of health issues in and out of school;
– Bring together young people from different backgrounds around one or more specific events or projects
to share their views and experiences on the subject.

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

Education – Human rights – Environmental protection – Sexual health of young people and adolescents – Volunteering – Empowerment of young people and women – Youth exchanges – Gender and inclusion – Sports and leisure.

Focus region: West Africa

The vision of the Association Internationale de Lutte contre les Violences (AILV) is:

To work towards a society more respectful of the rights of women and girls, and to reduce gender-based violence.

Objectives:

  • Promote and ensure respect for the rights of women and girls
  • Combat gender-based violence (GBV)
  • Promote women’s leadership and economic empowerment
  • Promote social cohesion through women’s action

AREAS OF INTERVENTION

  • Promoting the rights of women and girls
  • Fight against violence VAW
  • Women’s leadership

Focus area: Ivory Coast