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CODE has spent over a decade working at the intersection of civic accountability and gender justice. Across Nigeria and beyond, we have supported women and girls to claim their rights, demand services, and participate fully in governance. Our approach is grounded in community, driven by data, and built on the understanding that accountability without inclusion is incomplete.
Project 01
Through the United Nations Spotlight Initiative, CODE deployed Follow The Money to strengthen women and girls across six states, Lagos, Sokoto, FCT, Ebonyi, Adamawa, and Cross River, as advocates and monitors for Nigeria's national action plan on eliminating gender-based violence. We built a framework for tracking women's inclusion in governance and budget processes and established a baseline for sustained GBV advocacy at state and national levels.
Project 02
CODE mobilised communities, survivors, and policymakers in Kano State to demand adoption of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act. The outcomes were concrete, the Kano State government moved to harmonise the VAPP Act with the Penal Code, the House of Assembly constituted a committee on the Child Protection Bill and recommended the age of consent be set at 18, and the Attorney General committed to establishing four additional Sexual Assault Referral Centres across Kano's emirates. Thirty SGBV survivors were strengthened as advocates. Phase 2 is currently underway.
Project 03
Rather than formal settings, Project SABI went where men are, motor parks, secondary schools, markets, and faith institutions across five states. Over 2,610 boys were trained through the Boys Against Gender-Based Violence Club, making it the largest boys-focused GBV prevention programme in sub-Saharan Africa. Online campaigns reached approximately 2.5 million people.
Project 04
CODE strengthened the capacity of 45 women, men, and girls in Kaduna State to monitor government's COVID-19 response through a gender lens, engaging 11 MDAs, securing pledge commitments from senior officials including the Executive Governor, and running six radio programmes reaching over 500,000 people. Online campaign recorded over 371,000 in reach and 1,400 interactions.
Project 05
CODE's most active education programme operates across four LGAs in Bauchi State, Alkaleri, Bauchi, Ningi, and Zaki. Forty adolescent girls enrolled in structured mentorship covering communication, leadership, and digital skills. Twenty-two radio episodes produced, reaching an estimated 22.6 million listeners. A menstrual health intervention trained girls in reusable sanitary pad production, reaching 300+ girls in the pilot phase with plans to scale to 2,000 girls across five LGAs. CODE convened a Gender-Responsive Education Sector Planning workshop with senior government officials, securing commitments toward gender-responsive education planning and budgeting in Bauchi State. Four School Monitoring Teams deployed NomTrac to track 25 school projects.
Project 06
CODE evaluated government education policies in Adamawa State and produced advocacy materials on basic education spending. School Monitoring Teams were capacitated for online and offline advocacy on girls' secondary school enrolment, improving policy engagement and outcomes across the state.
Project 07
Through sustained Follow The Money advocacy, CODE pushed for the recruitment of female teachers in rural primary schools. The Kano State government responded by recruiting 1,500 female teachers, a direct policy outcome of community-led accountability. CODE also partnered with SUBEB Kano on a community-level enrolment drive to take girls off the streets and back into school.
Project 08
Examined how social norms and harmful practices affected girls' access to education during the pandemic. Despite significant structural barriers, the majority of caregivers expressed commitment to returning their daughters to school. Findings informed targeted advocacy on girl-child education financing in the north-east and shaped CODE's subsequent education programming in the region.
Across all our programmes, CODE advocates for gender-responsive public service delivery and female inclusion in community development committees.
We track whether women appear in state budgets, not just in policy documents. We measure whether they sit at the tables where decisions are made. We push until both are true.
SDG 5
Gender Equality
SDG 10
Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16
Peace & Justice