Country: Nigeria, USA

Mission:

To work side-by-side with urban poor communities to build bottom-up accountability and innovative justice solutions.

Our work in development finance:

J&EI-Nigeria works to educate communities affected by MDB-financed projects about their rights under applicable MDB policies and human rights law and accompany them in their engagements with the MDBs and responsible authorities.

Website: www.justempower.org

Geographic Focus: Sub-Saharan Africa

Constituency/Partners: Land rights, Persons with disabilities, Urban communities

Sector Focus: Infrastructure

Financier Targets: AfDB, World Bank

Coalition Work Group: Community Engagement, World Bank Safeguards Review