WREP implemented the project ‘Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on Women and Children in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining in North Central Nigeria’.
The Extractive Global Programmatic Support – EGPS emergency COVID-19 project is a World Bank project to assist ASM communities affected by the COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown by the federal government. The project was implemented in two (2) states namely, Benue and Nasarawa.
The project’s aim was to create safe spaces for women who are in the informal mining sector in their local communities and daily wage earners through capacity enhancement towards the development of other streams of income and livelihoods. The project also aimed to reduce the incidences of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) by putting structures in place for the protection of survivors of SGBV as well as using the ConstantSee App installed in phones to report cases of SGBV to relevant authorities and stakeholders.
Results:
- 90 women trained on menstrual hygiene management, alternative livelihood and new income streams now have improved health and hygienic practices with new sources of income (with the knowledge of hand sanitiser and liquid soap they got, they reproduced the liquid soaps and sold within their various communities)
- 24 youths were equipped with the knowledge on SGBV and the use of the ConstantSee App to report such cases through the relevant reporting channels
- 8 knowledge products that was produced reached 470 audiences.
- A total of 318 beneficiaries benefited from the project as at the time of this report.
