Systems Change in Action: Gender Mobile’s Journey to Tackle Sexual Harassment in Nigeria

Systems Change in Action: Gender Mobile’s Journey to Tackle Sexual Harassment in Nigeria

Gender Mobile Initiative (GMI) has led a pioneering systems-change movement aimed at eradicating sexual harassment in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. Anchored in a robust theory of change, their work integrates policy design, institutional accountability, preventative education, and cultural transformation. By building strategic coalitions and leveraging political economy insights, GMI facilitated the development and adoption of a national model policy, now localized by 29 states and operational in over 160 institutions.

This transformation holds the potential to impact over 4 million women and girls. Their journey offers practical insights into what it takes to reform deeply entrenched systems through inclusive, co-created, and intersectional strategies.