About the Club
A national network built by Nigerian women, for Nigerian women
GWINEC grew out of the Growing Girls and Women in Nigeria initiative. Today it convenes members, coordinators, professionals and former beneficiaries into one structured, non-partisan network with chapters across the six geopolitical zones.
Vision
A Nigeria where girls and women everywhere — rural, urban, formal and informal — are educated, skilled, financially included, economically productive and confidently leading enterprises, communities and institutions.
Mission
To move girls and women from training to trade and from trade to ownership by building skills, unlocking finance and markets, connecting productive assets, and strengthening leadership — through a structured national network of members, chapters and partners.
The development pathway
Every programme, chapter and partnership follows the same six-step progression. No member is left at the training stage.
- 01
Education
- 02
Skills
- 03
Enterprise
- 04
Finance
- 05
Markets
- 06
Sustainable Livelihoods
How we work
- State chapters. Members organise locally, elect coordinators and run activities close to home.
- Cooperatives. Savings, shared machinery, aggregation and joint procurement give small producers real scale.
- Value-chain linkage. Farmers connect to processors, tailors to institutional buyers, artisans to contractors.
- Evidence and accountability. Secure membership and enterprise databases, monitoring, and published impact reporting.
Core values
Dignity
Every woman is met with respect. Empowerment is never charity — it is capability, ownership and choice.
Integrity
Transparent governance, honest reporting and accountable stewardship of every resource entrusted to us.
Inclusion
Rural women, homemakers, widows, young women and women living with disabilities are deliberately included.
Excellence
Market-relevant standards in training, production, packaging and service — work that competes anywhere.
Collaboration
Members, cooperatives, government, institutions and the private sector working along shared value chains.
Sustainability
Climate-smart, asset-backed livelihoods designed to outlast a single project cycle.
Non-partisan by constitution
GWINEC engages government, institutions and the private sector on behalf of its members, but it does not campaign for or align with any political party. Leadership development, policy engagement and governance training are offered to every member on equal terms.
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