Emeka Diru

Experience

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  International Republican Institute

  Jun 2013 - Aug 2017

  I was responsible for designing and implementing project activities that will improve the political participation and capacity of political parties, CSO, and underrepresented groups such as Youth, Women, and Persons with Disability (PWD) in the political and electoral process. - Take lead in activities aimed at institutional strengthening for political parties, policy development, and public participation in the electoral and political process. - Supporting activities aimed at a comprehensive and accurate data collection, proper database management, and analysis of results to report on project implementation. - Managed technical assistance to APC and PDP to review its constitution to provide a level playing field for members to participate in the decision-making process, reorganize the party, and open spaces for marginalized groups this is in process. - Conduct Monitoring and Evaluation/Learning activities Show less Assisted in implementing IRI’s Youth Election Observation Strategy. Helped to mobilize youth observers, train and deploy observation missions to the gubernatorial elections in Edo, Ondo and FCT Area Council Elections respectively. Trained over 100 political party poll agents to effectively monitor the staggered gubernatorial elections in Anambra on November 18, 2013. Assisted in mobilizing target campaign managers from 21 political parties ahead of Anambra 2013 Governorship election to participate in a Campaign Managers Training on the Political Parties Code of Conduct ahead of the November 2013, Anambra state gubernatorial election. Show less • Supported effective program outreach plans by assisting in implementing IRI's Youth Election Observation Strategy. Helped to mobilize youth observers, and train and deploy observation missions to the gubernatorial elections in Edo, Ondo, and FCT Area Council Elections respectively.• Assisted in training of youth CSO leaders/undergraduates on election observation; trainees were from leading organizations including the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Nigerian Youth Parliament, and tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Youth with disabilities were specially considered and mainstreamed into the observation mission for the July 14, 2012, Edo gubernatorial election.• Assisted in mobilizing target campaign managers from 21 political parties ahead of the Anambra 2013 Governorship election to participate in a Campaign Managers Training on the Political Parties Code of Conduct ahead of November 2013, Anambra state gubernatorial election to help renew political party campaigns commitment to non-violent elections in a campaign that was increasingly becoming violent.• Gathered information and entered details into computer tracking spreadsheets, documents and databases. Trained over 100 political party poll agents to effectively monitor staggered gubernatorial elections in Anambra on November 18, 2013, to be precise. These poll agents contributed to IRI's observation of elections in view by communicating several Election Day incidents to Institute's observation mission.• Maintained budgets and estimates processes to prepare program implementation.• Assisted with planning and coordinating day-to-day program activities Show less

  • Program Officer

    Feb 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Assistant Program Officer

    Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Program Assistant

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
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  National Democratic Institute (NDI)

  Jun 2018 - Jun 2023

  • To support implementation of all program activities, including strategic planning, technical assistance, training, administrative and budget management, monitoring and evaluation, donor communications, and reporting.• I succeeded with restarting the Stop-Violence Against Women Project which seeks to develop and strengthen mechanisms to mitigate violence and supports increased participation of Nigerian women in political and electoral processes.• It helped to develop a mechanism for preventing and responding to violence against women in politics and other gender-based violence; this strengthened progress for the enactment of Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law in Kaduna, Rivers, Bayelsa and Kogi State.• The campaign also helped states to adopt gender-friendly agenda, known as women policy agenda; that speaks specifically on issues that affect women including all forms of violence.• The campaign responsive approach provided services for women who are victims of gender-based electoral violence; psychosocial support, referral and escalating reports of violence in those states. This include awareness-raising, quantitative and qualitative data collection, a women's hotline with response protocols, and follow-on services to support survivors of violence.• Provided technical assistance in setting up the mechanism for preventing and responding to violence against women and other gender-based violence that affects women's participation in governance and politics.• Managed the development of mechanisms in ending violence against women in politics in 4 states. Show less

  • Senior Program Officer/ International Election Observation Support

    Jul 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Program Officer, Stop Violence Against Women and Elections

    Jun 2018 - Dec 2022