North-Central: The Girl Child Education For a Progressive Community
It is 2021 but education for all girls is still an uphill achievement in many countries across the world..
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South-South: Improving Menstrual Health Among Girls in Ikot Idaha
According to a UNESCO report, one in ten African adolescent girls miss school during menstruation and ultimately drop out of school due to negative and…
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South-South: Awakening the Inner Self
As the rate of unplanned pregnancies cut across the South-south region, teenage girls are pushed into early motherhood….
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North-Central: Literacy Session On Developing A Curious Mind
In the golden age of folklores, children and parents would sit around a bonfire and share stories of family cultures, traditions and future aspirations….
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North-Central: Girls Career Mentorship Workshop
After secondary (high) school, 95% of girls aspire to become doctors, lawyers, and engineers but these choices are oftentimes triggered by the adults in their lives and not by personal decisions or interests…..
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Curbing Teenage Pregnancy Through Life-Skill Empowerment
In rural communities across Kogi State, Nigeria, 2 out of every 10 girls are pregnant before the age of 18 due to lack of proper sex education, extreme poverty, gender inequality and unemployment……
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North-Central Girls in STEM Mentorship Program
In Nigeria, specifically in the Northern region, where incidents like the abduction of more than 200 girls from a school occurred, STEM is still an uphill task……
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South-West: #DontCutMe Campaign: Female Genital Mutilation
“It is estimated that more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation in the countries where the practice is concentrated. Furthermore, there are an estimated 3 million girls at risk of undergoing female genital...
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South-West Writing Workshop: Power of a Pen
Stories become powerful when expressed in well-written languages, and at ICON, writing workshops help identify and develop voices that requires urgent intervention……
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International Day of the Girl Child: The Power of One Book, One Girl
St Annes Girls School, located in Ibadan, the South-West region of Nigeria— and the largest city in West Africa, started in 1929 with an increasingly yearly enrollment of girls from diverse backgrounds, especially local communities across the city….
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