The Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st) in partnership with Women's Rights and Health Project (WRAHP), on Thursday embarked on an awareness program on prevention of gender-based violence at Kosofe market in Lagos. The traders at the market were urged to give no space to sexual and gender-based…
At the invitation of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance and several partners1, African civil society actors, academia, representatives of women and youth movements met at Sunbird Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi, from 25th to 29th April 2022 for an “African Conference on Loss and Damage and Climate Finance”. The…
Executive Director, Centre for 21st Century Issues (C21st), Ms. Titilope Ngozi Akosa reading the declaration at the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance gathering which had in attendance several partners including African civil society actors, academia, representatives of women and youth movements, at Sunbird Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi for an…
By Titilola Kazeem-Arnold The Federal Republic of Nigeria is in West Africa between Latitudes 4° to 14° North and between Longitudes 2°2` and 14° 30` East. To the north, the country is bounded by the Niger Republic and Chad; in the west by the Benin Republic, in the…
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…
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…
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…
In the last 15 days activities aimed at raising awareness and triggering solutions to eliminate gender based violence (GBV) has been in the front burner of public discourse. The 2017 16 Days of Activism against GBV has been celebrated with vigour by all from around the world. Our…