Essay: A Silent Pain
By Anonymous Trigger Warning: Accounts of physical assault, sexual assault and rape I first noticed I liked girls when I was 14. I knew that telling my mom or siblings wouldn't help me, so I kept it to myself. I…
By Anonymous Trigger Warning: Accounts of physical assault, sexual assault and rape I first noticed I liked girls when I was 14. I knew that telling my mom or siblings wouldn't help me, so I kept it to myself. I…
By Foluwasayo Outside of biological family, queer people have mastered the art of having a different family-a chosen family. The chosen family makes up a big part of your support system. They are supposed to see you, love you and…
The second edition of Spotlight Women is scheduled for 10 a.m Friday, 21st of May 2021, and is themed "Embracing Intersectional Feminism in the Advocacy for Women’s Rights In Nigeria”. The webinar discussion is to be centered around the need…
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) is pleased to announce Spotlight Women, a monthly webinar whose aim is to highlight, analyze and discuss issues that affect every Nigerian woman and create a platform that will spur community action to achieve…
CALL FOR APPLICATION - Community Facilitators LOCATION: Lagos, Nigeria REPORTING TO: Health & Wellness Program Officer SUMMARY: TIERs is seeking community facilitators to assist in a project under its Health and Wellness department. The selected community facilitators will be responsible…
1. ABOUT THIS RESEARCH This research is commissioned by The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) and Education as a Vaccine (EVA) with the support of Wellspring Philanthropic Fund. Founded in 2005, TIERs is a non-profit organisation working to create a…
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) is seeking applications from queer Nigerians living in Nigeria to join its Emergency Response Fund Committee. About Edge Emergency Response Fund TIERs hosts an emergency response fund that provides immediate response to the changing…
Dear Colleagues, We are excited to be sending you this letter to tell you all about our work in 2020, and what we are looking forward to in 2021. 2020 was a tough year globally as a result of the Covid-19…
2nd February 2021 TIERs is excited to announce the appointment of Omolara Oriye as its new Executive Director. Omolara has a long history with TIERs and has served as the Director of Human Rights and Advocacy at TIERs for 3…
JOB TITLE: Content and Communications Officer LOCATION: Lagos, Nigeria REPORTING TO: Director of Advocacy SECONDARY SUPERVISOR: Executive Director SUMMARY: The Content and Communications Officer of The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) functions as the media officer of the organization. In…