Women and girls with disabilities face a disproportionately high risk of violence, including sexual assault, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. They are often isolated, vulnerable, and marginalized, making them easy…
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Pre-Election Press Statement on the 2023 Governorship and State House of Assembly Elections
March 17, 2023. Preamble: The Access Nigeria Campaign is a disability rights movement led by Inclusive Friends Association (IFA), for and on behalf of Nigeria’s 30 million Persons with Disabilities…
Inclusive Election Observation: My Experience
Grace Jerry On August 9, an estimated 22 million Kenyans went to the polls to elect their next president. Despite being one of the most competitive elections in the country’s…
Creating Inclusive Political Institutions and Processes
Persons with disabilities should have the same access and opportunities to participate in political life as any other empowered citizen. The removal of barriers benefits not only citizens with disabilities…
SPEECH OF THE INEC HON. NATIONAL COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE
A KEYNOTE ADDRESS PRESENTED BY THE HON. NATIONAL COMMISSIONER AND CHAIRMAN OUTREACH & PARTNERSHIP COMMITTEE (OPC), INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC), PROF. KUNLE AJAYI, ON “THE ROLE OF POLITICAL PARTIES…
VOTE-ABILITY Campaign: Inclusive Friends Association to Increase the Participation of PWDs in the 2023 General Election
As the ban for electioneering campaigns will soon be officially flagged ahead of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, the Inclusive Friends Association officially launched the Vote-ability Campaign as a…
VOTE-ABILITY LAUNCH PRESS STATEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 27, 2022 Press Conference to Launch of VOTE-ABILITY Campaign ahead of the 2023 General Elections: “Increasing the Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Elections”. Preamble:…
Nigeria’s Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Demand Inclusion.
For Immediate Release 2022 International Democracy Day September 15, 2022 Today, Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2022 International Democracy Day with the theme “To Uphold…
Declare a State of Emergency- Inclusive Friends Association to IPAC Chairman
In the stride toward deepening the inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) across political party structures in Nigeria, the Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) took advocacy to the National Chairman of…
Joint Civil Society Statement on the Appointment of INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners
26th August 2022 On July 26, 2022, the Nigerian Senate announced President Buhari's appointment of nineteen Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) following the expiration of the tenure of the outgone RECs…