Who Are We?
A youth-led organization created in response to the high rates of sexual and gender-based violence. We employ a holistic approach that seeks to address the problem from its roots: implement preventive initiatives to challenge social thoughts and attitudes that enable/normalize sexual and gender-based violence and advocate for the enforcement of laws to provide justice for the victims/survivors.
A Girl Project focuses on a comprehensive educational violence prevention program in different sectors of the community to address a broad range of topics, such as consent education, body autonomy, healthy sexuality, and social-emotional learning.
We notice a gap in current approaches that focus solely on the response. We can no longer treat the symptoms of gender-based violence without addressing the disease itself. It is why we decided to tackle the twin problems of a lack of comprehensive violence prevention program and harmful social norms to break the cycle of violence.
Our Mission
To spread awareness about gender-based violence. To end harmful thoughts, attitudes and media narratives that enable and normalize violence with the goal of developing healthy expressions. To challenge rape myth acceptance among young men
and women.
To spread awareness about gender-based violence. To end harmful thoughts, attitudes and media narratives that enable and normalize violence with the goal of developing healthy expressions. To challenge rape myth acceptance among young men
and women.
Our Vision
To create a society where gender-based violence is no longer a part of the everyday experience of women and girls.
We envision a world where gender-based violence will no longer be part of the daily life of women and girls around the world.
Core Values
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Social Inclusion
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Volunteerism
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Integrity
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Accountability
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Transformation
Social Inclusion
Volunteerism
Integrity
Accountability
Transformation
What We Do
Community-Based Interventions
We develop series of community-based interventions with community leaders and members to question gender norms and promote gender equality. Participants are sensitized to the issues of sexual and physical violence, the services available to support victims, how to locate the various service providers in their communities and how to support survivors as family and friends.
MEDIA ADVOCACY CAMPAIGN
We raise awareness campaigns on different forms of sexual and domestic abuse. Also, we engage the media on thought-provoking
conversations to challenge the stereotypical media representation of women and men that reinforce
dangerous gender views and how cases of sexual and gender-based violence are reported. This strategy enables us to promote new ways of portraying women, particularly victims/survivors of sexual and domestic violence tackle the misconceptions of the issue that makes it hard for survivors to seek and receive the assistance they need.
Promotion of educational actions in school
The School Violence Prevention Program is a comprehensive and interactive approach that consists of series of role-playing activities and tutorials with images, videos and drawings to facilitate discussions on consent negotiation, boundaries, respect, healthy gender expression, conflict resolution, the importance of asking for help and how to encourage peers to ask for help and receive the help needed.
Founder
A Ph.D student of Global Governance at BSIA, Canada who has raised her voice at globally significant institutions such as the UN General Assembly, World Bank and Brookings Institution on why gender equality and gender mainstreaming are important to peace and development.
Program Director (Abuja)
Program Director (Lagos)
Director, Services & Supports
Director, Analytics & Reporting
David Idunnuoluwa
David has extensive experience in advocacy and capacity building working with organisations involved in humanitarian services, promotion of the girl child, SME development.
Ruth Alikwe
Ruth has worked with various humanitarian organizations geared towards promoting the girl child.
Tofunmi Oyewole
Tofunmi is a banker. She is passionate about the empowerment of the girl child while also advocating for women’s rights.
Ifeyinwa Chinke
Ifeyinwa is an IT Project Manager. She loves giving back to her community by volunteering at orphanage homes & she’s also a sickle cell awareness advocate.