The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) is registered intermediary non-profit organization established with a mission of strengthening the capacity (organizational and technical capacity) of civil society organizations to design and implement transformative and sustainable development interventions which engage government and address felt needs of the vulnerable and excluded such as women and girls.
Strengthening capacity for women livelihood CSOs
With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, the dRPC is implementing the Partnership for Advancing Women in Economic Development (PAWED) project, a 2-year investment aims to strengthen and position Nigerian women’s economic collectives such as cooperatives, livelihood associations and women-led NGOs to build salience, value and policy responsiveness to women’s economic empowerment targeting policy makers in the executive and legislature.