Our story
From a small circle to a national movement.
NAWIA was founded in 2003 by a group of twelve women farmers in Kaduna who believed that women were the silent backbone of Nigerian agriculture — and that it was time for that work to be seen, supported and resourced.
Two decades later, we are present in all 36 states, with a network of community chapters, cooperatives and youth wings. We have trained over 25,000 women, facilitated hundreds of millions of naira in finance, and shaped national policy on women's land rights and agricultural inclusion.
Yet our heart remains the same: a circle of women, holding each other up.