PRESS RELEASE Amid the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic and full reopening of schools especially in Lagos state, the Centre for 21st century Issues (C21st), hereby calls for prompt monitoring of COVID-19 infection, prevention and control in private and public schools. The recent news about schools recording positive cases especially…
GREEN FINANCE ONLINE TRAINING 19-24 November 2020 Background In simple terms, green finance involves engaging traditional capital markets in creating and distributing a range of financial products and services that deliver both investable returns and environmentally positive outcomes. In recent years, the supply of and demand for such…
Lagos Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19 sensitises residents on importance of face mask usage
The Lagos Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19 in the month of August, embarked on advocacy to different local government areas across Lagos to sensitise residents on the importance of facemask usage as part of efforts to curb the community transmission of the COVID-19 in the State. The advocacy…
1st August, 2020 Communique issued at the end of the Virtual Meeting of the Special Situation Room Engagement by The Lagos Civil Society Coalition Against Covid-19 facilitated by Centre For 21st Century Issues Lagos Civil Society Coalition Against COVID-19 held its Situation Room engagement virtual meeting with the…
On Friday, July 3rd, the Lagos Civil Society Against COVID-19 organised a town Hall meeting with the goal of mobilizing the support of CSOs in Lagos state for COVID-19 home based care delivery. The town hall meeting had in attendance seasoned panelist such as; Prof Akin Abayomi, commissioner for…
Women CSOs networking to realize the Sustainable Development Goals (Post-2015) also known as Women2030 project is an EU funded coalition of 5 global and regional women and gender networks working towards the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs in 52 countries of the world.. The Women2030 project…
Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st) observed the 2017 Local Government elections which held on 22nd July 2019. C21st secured accreditation with Lagos state independent Electoral Commission LASIEC for 5 women election monitors. C21st also collaborated with the women situation room and West African Network for Peace building…
Community Engagement in Low-cost Private School It is a project implemented under the DFID project on Developing Effective Private Education Nigeria (DEEPEN) by Centre for 21st Century Issues from 2016-2018 The objective is to achieve changes in parent’ behaviour in making informed choices around their children’s schooling and to…
From 18 to 21 March 2019, 32 representatives of local community groups, women’s groups and NGOs gathered for a West African skillshare on gender-sensitive community-based forest conservation and restoration initiatives and a strategy meeting on bioenergy developments, which was organized by the Global Forest Coalition, in collaboration with…
Real commitment to rights-based, gender-just solutions to climate change is imperative for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. The members of the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) participated in the SB48 climate talks that took place from 30 April to 10 May 2018 in Bonn, Germany. The…