In response to a critical water crisis in the Badna community, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. IDWF rehabilitated and restored a non-functional community borehole, providing clean and safe water access to over 5,000 community members. This project remains one of IDWF’s most impactful community development interventions since inception.
IDWF held a virtual awareness webinar to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, reaching over 1,000 women with life-saving information on early detection, preventive measures, and the importance of regular breast examinations. The campaign encouraged women to share the message with their networks and loved ones.
IDWF partnered with digital rights expert Mr. Okoro Solomon and the Mental Health with Ditty Foundation to deliver a digital accountability workshop at City Royal Secondary School, Nyanya, Abuja. The workshop reached over 100 students and teachers with practical education on digital safety, online rights, gender-based digital violence prevention, and mental health in the digital space
In recognition of the largely invisible struggles faced by women and girls living in displacement, IDWF conducted a structured needs assessment documentary at the Bama and Gwosa IDP Camps in Durumi, Abuja. Through ethical, consent-based interviews, IDWF documented lived experiences across displacement, health, economic empowerment, and education — giving voice to the most marginalised women and girls in Nigeria’s displacement communities and generating evidence that continues to inform our programming and donor engagement.
The stories captured here are calls to action. IDWF invites donors, foundations, NGOs, corporate organisations, and individuals to partner with us in designing and funding sustainable solutions for these communities.
To commemorate World Health Day, IDWF hosted a webinar featuring medical doctors who spoke on the realities of Nigeria’s health system and educated over 1,000 participants on malaria prevention, general health safety, and the importance of proactive healthcare.
IDWF identified and sponsored three out-of-school girls, paying their school fees and returning them to the classroom. This initiative reflects IDWF’s commitment to breaking the cycle of educational exclusion for the girl child in Nigeria.
On June 6, 2026, IDWF reached over 100 women and adolescent girls in the Bama and Gwosa IDP Camp with menstrual hygiene kits, health education sessions, and a focus group discussion. The outreach also served as a needs assessment to gather community data for designing a long-term, sustainable period poverty elimination programme.
Justice for Her is IDWF’s flagship gender-based violence response programme, providing free legal representation and psychosocial support to survivors of GBV and sexual violence, particularly women and girls with disabilities who cannot afford legal counsel. The initiative works with pro bono legal professionals and mental health partners to ensure every survivor gets justice and a clear pathway to recovery and reintegration into society.
📢 Partner With Us: Are you a legal professional, psychosocial support organisation, foundation, or individual passionate about justice for women and girls? IDWF is actively seeking pro bono legal partners, mental health collaborators, and funding partners to scale the Justice for Her Initiative across Nigeria. Together, we can ensure that no survivor is left without justice.
The Girls Rise Initiative is IDWF’s flagship education programme dedicated to returning out-of-school girls back to the classroom and keeping them there. Through scholarship support, advocacy, and community engagement, IDWF identifies girls who have dropped out of school due to poverty, family circumstances, or social barriers, and provides them with the resources and encouragement they need to reclaim their education and their future. Since inception, IDWF has successfully sponsored three girls back to school under this initiative.
📢 Partner With Us: Every girl deserves the right to an education. IDWF invites schools, education foundations, corporate sponsors, and individual donors to partner with the Girls Rise Initiative. Whether through scholarship funding, in-kind support, or advocacy, your contribution can change a girl’s life.
The Safe Space Initiative is IDWF’s flagship mentorship and empowerment programme for young women and adolescent girls, including those with disabilities. It provides a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment where girls can access career guidance, life skills development, emotional support, and community connection. IDWF is currently expanding the Safe Space into a structured 8-week Fellowship and Mentorship Programme to deepen its impact and reach more young women across Nigeria.
📢 Partner With Us: IDWF is looking for mentors, facilitators, organisations, and funders who believe in the power of safe spaces for young women and girls. If you are a professional, a women-led organisation, a corporate body, or a foundation, we invite you to partner with the Safe Space Initiative. Help us create more spaces where young women can grow, heal, and thrive.
The Her Life Initiative is IDWF’s flagship health programme committed to improving access to quality, inclusive, and dignified healthcare for women and girls across Nigeria. The initiative addresses critical health challenges including maternal and child health, menstrual hygiene, mental health, HIV, WASH, reproductive tract infections, and sexual and reproductive health rights. Through awareness campaigns, community outreach, webinars, and advocacy, IDWF works to end preventable deaths and ensure that every woman and girl can access the healthcare she deserves.
📢 Partner With Us: IDWF is seeking healthcare professionals, hospitals, public health organisations, pharmaceutical companies, foundations, and donors to partner with the Her Life Initiative. Together, we can expand health outreach, fund community clinics, support menstrual hygiene programmes, and ensure that every woman and girl in Nigeria can access quality healthcare.
The Water for Life Initiative is IDWF’s flagship community development programme addressing the critical challenge of water access in underserved and rural communities across Nigeria. Through community entry, needs assessment, and infrastructure rehabilitation, IDWF works to restore and provide sustainable clean water access to communities that have been left behind. The Badna Community Water Project in Nasarawa State stands as the pioneer intervention under this initiative, having restored clean water access to over 5,000 community members.
📢 Partner With Us: Millions of Nigerians still lack access to clean and safe water. IDWF invites development organisations, government agencies, foundations, corporate partners, and individual donors to join the Water for Life Initiative. Your support can fund the rehabilitation of water infrastructure, support needs assessments, and bring clean water to underserved communities.
