About Us
Agate Women and Children Empowerment Initiative ( AWCEI) is a non-profit organization founded by Mrs. Charity W. Jiya, a legal practitioner, a member of the International Dispute Resolution Institute, and an advocate for the protection of Women and Children.
AWCEI is an initiative of Agate Solicitors, a Law firm established in 2014. Over the years at Agate Solicitors, we realized that quite a number of referrals made to us were gender based cases which due to their nature, were mostly handled as pro bono cases. While handling such gender related cases, we realized the need to focus more on Women and Children necessitating the creation of AWCEI.
The creation of AWCEI has availed us more opportunity to work closely with Women and Children offering them humanitarian services, helping them surmount challenges that confront them and aiding them attain their full potential.
Objectives
Education
Provide Women and Children with relevant knowledge, skills through education, vocational training, qualitative and awareness programs geared towards making them self-reliant, self-sufficient. To educate Women and Children on gender sensitive issues, promote gender equality
essentials for the attainment of sustainable development goals.
Advocacy
Advocate for the eradication of harmful practices against Women and Children such as
child labour, child marriage, sexual and domestic violence, female genital mutilation,
trafficking, exploitation, assault and neglect.
Partnership
Partner with schools, religious bodies and communities by imparting Women and
Children with the requisite knowledge to protect themselves and keep them safe from all forms of violence and harmful practices.
Collaboration
Collaborate with relevant Government agencies in enforcing, protecting the rights of Women and Children by taking appropriate actions against those who infringe such
rights.
Counselling
Counsel, support Women and Children who have suffered forms of violence,
exploitations and abuse aimed at creating hope for a better future.
Conflict Resolution
Promote, encourage conflict resolution in families and communities by means of
alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as arbitration, mediation,
reconciliation and fostering peace programs.
Legal Representation
Promote the enforcement of Women and Children’s rights through the institution of
legal actions in Courts.
Facilitate the arrest, prosecution of violators of Women and Children’s right
Agate Women and Children Empowerment Initiative is a non-profit organization founded by Mrs. Charity W. Jiya, a legal practitioner, a member of the International Dispute Resolution Institute, and an advocate for the protection of women and children.
Over the years, she has worked closely with women and children offering humanitarian services, helping them surmount challenges that confront them and aiding them attain their full potential.