The HiiL Justice Accelerator Programme, an initiative of the Hague Institute for Innovation of Law, has granted a Nigerian non-governmental organisation, Stand To End Rape (STER) a spot on the 2020-21 cohort of its flagship innovation programme.
Designed for social justice start-ups across Africa, the MENA region, and Ukraine, the program will amplify the start-ups’ individual efforts by improving their capacity building, impact measurement, comprehensive development, and operational efficiency.
The cohort programme aims to equip the start-ups to serve their target audience better, sustain and synthesise their resources maximally. “This selection, like others, continues to affirm the organisations’ work,” said Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi, founder of STER.
According to Osowobi, the recognision also validates the efforts of the young, vibrant and passionate team of Nigerians working to see that justice is promptly delivered, especially for those who otherwise would have been abused and victimised.
Slated to run for five months, the HiiL Justice Accelerator program encompasses training, mentorship, coaching, peer-to-peer learning, and other activities to ensure that participants graduate with practical, first-hand insight from experience.
STER is a youth-led social justice organisation advancing gender equality and employing innovative interventions to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence in all spheres within Nigeria while changing community perception of sexual violence and gender inequality.
