New Initiative for Social Development (NISD) was set up in 1998 by a group of professional and academics in Nigeria. The organisation considers itself as a gender advocate organisation that seeks to for the social and economic development of Nigeria. This grant will be used to train 320 women community champions to educate and support efforts at eliminating VAWG. The project will also train staff of the State Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) to become more effective