Women Health and Action Research Centre

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| founded_date =Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria
1993

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| location = KM II Benin – Lagos Expressway, Igue-Iheya, Ugbowo, Benin City, Nigeria.

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| area_served = Worldwide

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Female reproductive health
Maternal health and advocacy

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| homepage = [http://www.wharc-online.org/ Official website]

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The Women Health and Action Research Centre is a Nigerian non-profit and charitable organization based in Benin City, Edo State to promote reproductive health through research and advocacy.{{cite book|author=Women's Health and Action Research Centre (Nigeria)|title=HIV/AIDS in Nigeria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjkgAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Women's Health and Action Research Centre|isbn=978-978-35481-2-1}}

The organization was founded in 1993 by Professor Friday Okonofua as a means to provide lasting solutions to female reproductive related problems.{{cite book|author1=Friday Okonofua|author2=Kunle Odunsi|title=Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Developing Countries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQAKAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Women's Health and Action Research Centre|isbn=978-978-35481-1-4}}

The Women Health and Action Research Centre relies on public contributions and grants to fund its mission.

The continued research growth and development of the organization is dependent mostly on donations but the organization also increased its revenue by alternative means of funding such as grants and sponsorships.{{cite book|author=Women's Health and Action Research Centre (Nigeria)|title=Profile of the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents and young adults in Edo State, Nigeria: a situation analysis report of the Young Adults and Adolescent Reproductive Health (YAARH) initiative of Policy Project/USAID and Women's Health and Action Research Centre (WHARC).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8-iFAAAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Women's Health and Action Research Centre}}

In 2009, MacArthur Foundation awarded a research grant of $250,000 to the organization in support of research to improve policies and programs for promoting maternal health in six states of Nigeria.

Between 2002 and 2015, the Women Health and Action Research Centre had received a grant of $550,000 from the MacArthur Foundation.{{cite web|url=https://www.macfound.org/grantees/884/|title=Women's Health and Action Research Centre|work=macfound.org|accessdate=October 6, 2015}}