Nigeria, Nov. 23 -- Rise Up Together, a global non-profit that operates across Africa, South Asia and the United States, has completed training for its sixth cohort of Nigerian civil society leaders focused on advancing gender justice for women and girls.

The organisation, which has been active in Nigeria since 2014, said it has now trained nearly 200 leaders across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasarawa, Anambra, Rivers and Kaduna states.

The latest cohort comprises 25 participants from a range of local civil society groups.

Speaking at the end of a week-long training in Abuja on Saturday, the country director for Rise Up Together, Teresa Effa said the programme is intended to equip local actors to press for policy and system c...