As part of efforts to promote the participation of women in politics and opportunities to elective positions and governance in Nigeria, Gender and Development Action (GADA) with the joint effort of the European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) initiated a project titled, "Supporting women's entry into politics towards the 2007 elections and promoting gender equitable governance in the South West States of Nigeria".

This project, which was designed to assist in positioning women politicians side by side their male counterparts in order to survive the intrigues in the political terrain has been on since 2006.

Among the activities that have been carried out in the course of the project which is also tagged , "Project 300 Women" includes:

• Sensitization and Constituency Building program : this was carried out in all the six states constituting the South West. Visits were made to traditional leaders such as Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu and Deji of Akure , Oba Oluwadamilare Adesina. Apart from these,the Iyaloja and Babaloja (market leaders) were also drawn in, especially because of their importance as a component in the political landscape.
• Media Dialogue/Campaign : where the media as Fourth Estate of the Realm were briefed and involved in campaign for the promotion of the participation of Nigerian Women in politics. Journalists from the print and broadcasting media were part of the program. Also as an extension of our media campaign a jingle that entails the message of the project was produced and was disseminated to the local radio stations.
• Reflection/Route Map Development Workshop: This was an avenue exploited to bring all stakeholders together to review women's performance in politics and how it can be improved especially trough mentoring.

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