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…
In the golden age of folklores, children and parents would sit around a bonfire and share stories of family cultures, traditions and future aspirations….
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…..
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……
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……
“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...
Stories become powerful when expressed in well-written languages, and at ICON, writing workshops help identify and develop voices that requires urgent intervention……
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….