Egunec Foundation (EF) since its inception has operated a broad mandate that catered to the needs and interest of the vulnerable and less privileged in the society. At inception, our initial focus was on supporting children using education. In 2018, we expanded our focus to include a Gender Equity and Women Empowerment (GEWE) program.
As an organization led by a woman and a team where over 70% are women, we were concerned with the suppressive challenges facing women in Nigeria and the continent and felt it necessary to channel our assets and resources towards addressing the challenges. Historically, the feminine voice has been suppressed through culture and religion in the African continent. Over time, this has built a wall that holds back the voice and potential of women. Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) program was designed to challenge this suppression by strengthening the voice and mind of women through our projects.
We utilize a restorative advocacy and partnership approach to gender equality programming by working to transform the dominating effects of a patriarchal culture in the African continent which we believe is a root cause of violence against women and girls in the continent. Our projects under the GEWE Program works to strengthen and protect women’s voice by equipping women with leadership, advocacy and partnership capacity. We believe that this approach has the potential of creating a domino effect as it will strengthen the belief women have in themselves and their ability to impact their respective communities. This will go a long way to rewire centuries of suppressive and dominating programming limiting the potential of the feminine energy in the continent.
Our journey has been manifested in our partnership with the Centre for Gender Studies at Veritas University Abuja. In the past 7 years, we have worked closely with the Centre to develop events and projects that increase the knowledge and leadership capacity of young women in Veritas University.
Click HERE to see GEWE Program Portfolio
Click HERE to see our last Project Report
Click HERE to see our Policy Paper for 2025