Kudirat Initiative for Democracy

Kudirat Initiative for Democracy is a non-governmental organisation based in Lagos, Nigeria working on democracy & civil society, gender equality.

KIND (Kudirat Initiative for Democracy) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Lagos, Nigeria. It was founded by Hafsat Abiola-Costello in honour of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, a democracy activist killed in 1996. Initially involved in the pro-democracy movement, KIND shifted in 2002 to a strategy focused on promoting women's participation in building a democratic state and strengthening the civil society sector. Its work centres on leadership development for young women and collaborative projects that remove barriers to women's public participation and end violence against women. KIND works primarily in Nigeria and has a satellite office in New York City.