Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR

by GIRLS' POWER INITIATIVE (GPI)
Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR
Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR
Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR
Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR
Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR
Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR
Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR
Improving Adolescent Girls Access to SRHR

Project Report | Jun 19, 2019
Mentoring the 'Girl Child'

By Comfort Ikpeme | Project Leader

Girls' Power Initiative (GPI) Calabar Centre during her safe space weekly trainings for adolescent girls took it upon her self to strengthen the modalities used in delivering lessons to girls aged 10 to 18 years.

the well structured curiculum used in delivering lessons to girls to help them overcome challenges of growing up, get acurate information from a gender perspective on their sexual reproductive health and rights. Some topics taken include:

  • Right and responsibilities of a child
  • Vision and goal setting
  • Career Choice
  • Leadership Roles
  • Violence Against girls and women(VAGW)
  • Communication Skills
  • Self Estem
  • Body Image
  • Negotiation and Refusal Skills
  • STIs/HIV/AIDS
  • Cancer and Self Examination
  • The Male and Female Reproductive System
  • Creative thinking
  • Networking Skills
  • Legal Instrument protecting the rights of girls and women
  • Feminism
  • Feelings
  • Harmful and contemporary social practices
  • Friendship and love etc.

The facilitators also are concious of giving age appropriate information to the set of girls they are dealing with.

Currently, we have over 250 adolescent girls who attend this lessons on weekly basis and are so enthusiatic about the program.

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GIRLS' POWER INITIATIVE (GPI)

Location: Calabar, Cross River - Nigeria
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Project Leader:
Comfort Ikpeme
Calabar , CROSS RIVER Nigeria

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