What We Do

The West African Action Network on Small ArmsNigeria (WAANSA-NIGERIA) is the National movement against gun violence, linking civil society organizations working to stop the proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons.

WAANSA-Nigeria aims to reduce gun violence through:

  1. POLICY & ADVOCACY: We advance policy reforms and better programs through evidence based advocacy. WAANSA-Nigeria advocates and educates on behalf of the peace-building field to ensure conflict prevention, violence reduction, and peace building evidence produce better policy, programming, and legal frameworks. We work with the Nigeria Parliament and other civil society organizations to advocate for peace-building priorities in legislation and funding; provide expertise and advise government agencies and donors on peace-building and conflict prevention best practices and programs rooted in evidence; and build national and regional coalitions of technical experts through our networks to fill research gaps and showcase innovations.
  2. LEARNING & EVALUATION: We support a more rigorous culture of Design, Monitoring, & Evaluation to generate evidence-based standards. Through our cutting-edge Learning & Evaluation program, WAANSA-Nigeria is leading the peace building field to embrace a more rigorous evaluative culture. This requires building capacity to capture high quality, actionable data; encouraging the field to become more evidence-based; and making a stronger case for peace through research efforts to synthesize impact and translate knowledge.
  3. PARTNERSHIPS & CAMPAIGNS: We build strength across sectors to mobilize momentum for peace. WAANSA Nigeria Public Partnerships work WAANSA-Nigeria Public Partnerships work aims to elevate the public profile of peace-building and mobilize broad based public support for peaceful action to reduce conflict and violence. WAANSA builds partnerships by convening Peace in Nigeria Conference Every Year, Community Campaign Against Gun Violence and expanding the professional network for the field; and creating coalitions that drive innovation and advance practical solutions. WAANSA-Nigeria organizes Seminars, workshop and awareness Campaign against gun violence as a strategy to reach its diverse stakeholders in the community as a way of promoting peaceful coexistence. The core goal of the Organization is promotion of interaction and transformative dialogue between stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds to help Strengthen a peaceful Nigeria.