It is a campaign to secure favourable rules for women’s political participation. It co-ordinates a civil society coalition that seeks to increase the participation of Nigerian women in politics to 30% by the year 2011.
To do this, KIND
- Identifies and engages relevant stakeholders such as Independent National Electoral Commission and political parties on introducing a quota
- Identifies aspirants & provides capacity building training.
- Identifies young women with political aspirations and pairs them with established women politicians in a mentoring relationship.
- Raises public awareness and support by providing information on the states; and parties’ performance on women representation and by running PR campaigns for women aspirants.
- Established a legal fund to enable women politicians challenge electoral malpractice.
- Made recommendations for reform to the electoral commission to ensure free and fair elections.
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Some speakers at the Advocacy workshop. - Lagos, 2010
Some participants at the Political Education Training. - Lagos, 2010
A press clip.

Some participants at the Capacity Building workshop held at CRUTECH. - Calabar, 2010

