Emerging Genderplus Outreach Team

Emerging Genderplus Outreach Team (EGOT) is a non-profit organization in Nigeria, registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission according to the Allied Matters Act 1990. With the mission to work with rural communities to promote awareness raising activities around SGBV and CEFM, EGOT has worked in partnership with rural communities, young men and boys, women groups and with local NGOs in addressing the root causes of gender based violence. EGOT’s primary target groups are children, women and girls. EGOT’s vision is to see a world where the vulnerability of children, women and girls are not exploited. One of our major strategy is to improve young men’s understanding on the dangers of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) from the ‘lens’ of victims. This is because “Men are the gatekeepers of current gender orders and are potential resistors of change; if we do not effectively reach men and boys, many of our efforts will be either thwarted or simply ignored.” (Kaufman in Ruxton, 2004:20)