About us...

The Centre for Women's Health and Information (CEWHIN) is an independent, not for profit making, non-governmental organization established for the promotion of and respect for the human rights of women and young girls, especially their reproductive and sexual health and rights.

Our definition of health is very broad, as such our approach to addressing reproductive health issues are multi-dimensional. The idea for the formation of the Centre was conceived in September 2000. However it began operations in September 2002.

The Centre is registered as a company limited by Guarantee under the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 1990 (Its Registration No. is RC 497455).

The Founders

The organisation was founded by Adebanke Akinrimisi, (a Lawyer by training with more than ten years experience in the field of development. Prior to the formation of CEWHIN, she worked as the Health Project Officer at the Empowerment and Action Research Centre, Lagos, Nigeria. She was a recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fund for Leadership Development in the year 2000.

She executed a research project on socio-cultural economic and legal dimensions to the sexual and reproductive health and rights of female adolescent domestic workers in municipal Lagos) and Atinuke Odukoya, who studied education and public administration at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (formerly Ogun State University) and University of Lagos respectively. She has over 10 years experience working on women's development and human right issues.

She was until recently, a Monitoring and Evaluation Officer with the USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives in Nigeria. Her previous work included being the Project officer of the women's desk for the Legal Research and Resource Development Centre, Lagos and a programs staff for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Lagos.