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About NJD
NJD's vision is to become a model of an international non-governmental organization, legal resources and development center in the Sub Saharan Africa providing essential legal services, database, counseling and advocacy in all areas of women’s reproductive and other rights to ensure the achievement of women’s right to self-determination in keeping with their freedom, dignity and values.
Objectives
- To promote and defend the reproductive rights of women.
- To encourage gender equality and equity; protect and advance the progress and empowerment of women and girls in the society.
- To advance the cause of democracy through mobilizing women to participate in politics and decision making organs in both private and public sectors.
- To liaise with governments, local and international NGO’s and other stakeholders towards ensuring that reproductive health rights receive highest government priorities.
- To provide legal aids, advocacy, counseling and support to widows, victims of human trafficking, rape, HIV/AIDS and other reproductive rights abuses.
- To conduct systematic researches, seminars and workshops in reproductive health rights and publish the researches findings and reports to enhance the reproductive health rights and status of girls and women.
- To embark on information, education and communication campaigns against discrimination and the elimination of all harmful traditional practices against women.
- To collaborate with governments, local and international non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders who share our vision.
Online Courses
Network for Justice and Democracy- a duly registered and internationally recognized non-governmental organization will soon develop a web based and CD Rom, self instructional courses on Reproductive Rights, Gender Equality, project design and management, proposal writing, gender issues, women empowerment, law and justice, monitoring and evaluation of projects, civic education, human rights training, grant searching and funds management.
Each self - instructional course is divided into different modules, each of which includes interactive and stimulating exercises, case studies, problem solving etc.
Further details will be provided on this website in due course.