) The Renewed Women’s Voice and Leadership (RWVL) Nigeria Project says it reached no fewer than 22,634 direct beneficiaries across the country between April and July 2026.
The project said women accounted for the largest proportion reached.
This is contained in a programme performance data, compiled from monthly reports and submitted by project partners and signed by Mr Emmanuel Olonade, Communications Specialist for RWVL.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the RWVL Project is designed to strengthen the voice, leadership and rights of women and girls.
Also, it is designed to promote gender equality and support resilient, peaceful and inclusive communities across Nigeria.
The project is being implemented by ActionAid Nigeria with funding support from Global Affairs Canada, in collaboration with women’s rights organisations and other partners across its areas of operation.
Olonade said the report showed that the beneficiaries were reached through 102 activities implemented by 14 partner organisations across 52 Local Government Areas and 96 communities nationwide.
He said women aged 18 years and above accounted for 17,394 beneficiaries, representing 76.8 per cent of the total.
He added that other beneficiaries included 3,781 men (16.7 per cent), 889 girls aged 0 to 17 years (3.9 per cent) and 570 boys aged 0 to 17 years (2.5 per cent).
According to him, 1,324 persons living with disabilities, representing 5.8 per cent of the beneficiaries, are also reached.
“The data further revealed that Kwara recorded the highest number of beneficiaries with 4,715, followed by the Federal Capital Territory with 2,842; Benue with 2,386; Cross River with 1,987 and Plateau with 1,865,” he said.
He said activities carried out during the period were spread across five major thematic areas, including women’s leadership, which accounted for 29 per cent.
He said gender-based violence awareness and response accounted for 24 per cent of the activities.
‘’Others are economic empowerment, including financial literacy and Village Savings and Loan Association support, 20 per cent; community mobilisation and sensitisation, 15 per cent.
‘’Stakeholder engagement and advocacy accounted for eight per cent, ‘’ he said.
He said the project supported 346 VSLA groups across 11 states, with a combined membership of 7,842 people, 90 per cent of whom were women.
Speaking on the performance of the project, the Executive Director, Voice of Women Empowerment Foundation, Mrs Toun Sonaiya, said the figures reflected the scale and impact of the interventions.
“The April to July 2026 data provides a clear picture of the reach of the RWVL Project during the reporting period, with 22,634 direct beneficiaries recorded across 102 activities.
“The data also shows significant participation by women, alongside interventions focused on leadership, economic empowerment, GBV awareness and response, community mobilisation and advocacy,” she said.
Sonaiya said the project recorded a 96 per cent data completeness rate, with beneficiary figures recalculated and validated from partner submIT
