Who we are
A voice where there was silence
MAMA Centre was built on a simple refusal: to accept that a woman’s safety, a girl’s education, or a survivor’s dignity should depend on where she was born or who she knows.
Since 2014, we’ve worked the space between courtroom and community, pursuing litigation against gender-based violence, training women to read a balance sheet as well as they read a room, and putting reporting tools directly into the hands of people who’ve had none.
We don’t run one program and call it a mission. We run legal defence, economic training, maternal health delivery, and a live reporting platform, because the threats women and girls face don’t come one at a time, and neither should the response.
Our Motto
“Giving voice to the marginalised”
What guides us
Vision, Mission & Strategic Goal
Vision
“An inclusive world where human rights, safety, and socio-economic justice are guaranteed for women, girls, and vulnerable populations”.
Mission
“To protect, empower, and advocate for vulnerable women, girls, and marginalized populations through survivor-led initiatives, policy reform, digital safety frameworks, and sustainable socio-economic empowerment”.
Strategic Objective / Goal
Advance gender justice and safeguard the fundamental human rights of women and girls by eradicating violence, promoting economic self-reliance, and fostering safe environments across our target communities.
Our approach
How we work
MAMA Centre operates as an advocate for systemic change and community resilience. Grounded in a survivor-centred, rights-based framework, the organization works directly with women, girls, civil society groups, and policy stakeholders to dismantle structural inequalities, combat gender-based violence (GBV), and expand economic and civic opportunities. We achieve this through engagement strategies such as: advocacy, capacity building, research, networking and service delivery. We have a reporting system on our website for reporting Sexual and Gender Based Violence, called Girls Hub, where we respond to issues affecting our beneficiaries.
Engagement strategies
Girls Hub reporting
Report sexual and gender-based violence confidentially. In immediate danger? Call 112 first.
What we do
One mission, four lines of response
Legal defence
Pursuing litigation against gender-based violence and standing with survivors in the courtroom.
Economic training
Training women to read a balance sheet as well as they read a room.
Maternal health
Delivering maternal health support to women and new mothers in the communities we serve.
Live reporting platform
Putting reporting tools directly into the hands of people who've had none.
What we aim for
Objectives
The aims and objectives of MAMA Centre are as follows:
To advance gender justice and safeguard the fundamental human rights of women and girls by eradicating violence, promoting economic self-reliance, and fostering safe physical and digital environments across our target communities.
To empower women and young girls to receive formal education in showcasing their knowledge, abilities and coping mechanisms to attain healthy and fulfilling lives.
To eliminate threats to sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and young girls in Nigeria.
To raise community and public consciousness through targeted advocacy and sensitization on the impact of personal and environmental hygiene to combat diseases outbreak.
To raise public and community consciousness on the impact of adequate maternal and childhood nutrition status to physical and cognitive development of a child.
To raise public and community consciousness on child and family health including routine immunization, family planning and treatment of childhood killer diseases.
To create socio-economic empowerment platform that enables women and girls to innovatively improve on the existing income generating activities, develop financial literacy and diversify in order for income generation.
Accountability
Registered & accountable
Corporate Affairs Commission
Registered with Nigeria's CAC since 2014
United Nations Partner
UN Partner ID: 58945
Events
Join us where the work happens
From legal aid clinics to school outreach to policy roundtables, our events put advocacy into action. Whether you’re volunteering your time, learning about your rights, or standing with survivors, there’s a place for you at the table.
Community Advocacy & Policy Roundtable
- Abuja · Enugu · Lagos
Women & girls, protected
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