At CWSI
The Handmaids Of the Holy Child Jesus is a Religious Congregation of women, founded in Calabar (Nigeria) in 1931 by Mother Mary Charles Magdalen Walker of the Religious Sisters of Charity (RSC)
Centre for Women Studies and Intervention (CWSI)
The Centre for Women Studies and Intervention is an organization which envisions women empowered, liberated and active in the creation of a better world.
CWSI, propelled by faith in the creator of all beings, is committed to upholding the dignity of women through conscientization and empowerment.
GOALS
CWSI seeks a holistic empowerment of the women for social rebirth and the promotion of gender equality.
The long term goal of the Centre is to become a research institute on gender issues.
CORE VALUES
- Courage to choose life and not let fear cripple our imagination in the breaking of fetters.
- Accountability to that which gave rise to us and causes us to speak.
- Integrity to speak of what we know: of our experience and the hope we bear.
- Commitment to action in freedom for the establishment of a new world: a new order.
Motto
Thirst for the fuller life
I have come so that they must have life and have it to the full
(john 10:10)
AREAS OF ACTIVITY
Rights advocacy
Gender Equity
There is need for a wide spread of knowledge of this concept in the society so that no action will be based on ignorance.
Skills acquisition
CWSI believes in a holistic empowerment of women and the girl-child. It is the woman who knows best hot to manage micro businesses
Migration
Human migration is the movement of people from one place to another with the intentions of settling, permanently or temporarily at a new location
Economic rights and empowerment
CWSI works to uphold the dignity of each person especially the women and the girl-Child who are subjected to all forms of inhuman treatment
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Contact Information
Address
Flat 2, Block 3, Bichi close, off Sokoto street,
Area 1 Section 1, P.O. Box 4686
Garki Abuja.
Open Hours
Mon – Sat : 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
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