A New Dawn for Girls: Sierra Leone’s Bold Step Against Child Marriage

Sierra Leone’s recent legislative stride, the Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024, marks a significant milestone in the global fight against child marriage. this new law, approved by Sierra Leone’s parliament on June 21, 2024, unequivocally bans the marriage of individuals under the age of 18. The bill notonly sets the legal age of marriage […]

Financial inclusion among girl-child key to strong financial system —Sekibo

Source: Ripples Nigeria Managing Director, Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie Sekibo, has said that promoting financial inclusion, especially among the girl child, would go a long way to help build a strong financial system in the country. He stated this at the “Raising Girls Summit ‘19” which held in Lagos on Friday as part of activities […]

Green Girl Company Inspires 1000 Schoolgirls With Raising Girls Summit.

Source: independents ng Lagos – According to research, a child born to a mother who can read and write is 50 percent more likely to survive past the age of five, and educating a girl can break cycles of poverty in just one generation. With these statistics, the education of the girl child becomes much more […]

At Raising Women Summit, Ikeora, Alakija, others make case for girl child

Source: The Guardian At Raising Women Summit This year’s edition of the annual girl’s summit organised by Raising women’s initiative held at Alliance Francaise in Lagos recently sought to amplify the voices of girls and included boys as well. Held under the theme, Amplifying the voices of boys and girls for change, the organisers said […]

2023 Ladies in Sports Conference: High-Level Panel on Trafficking in Sports Calls for Stronger Safeguards for Women Athletes

Source: Mission89 2023 Ladies in Sports Conference: High-Level Panel on Trafficking in Sports Calls for Stronger Safeguards for Women Athletes On Friday, June 16th, 2023, Ladies in Sports successfully convened stakeholders from various walks of life, igniting a sense of urgency to combat modern-day slavery in and through sports for women athletes. The conference was held […]

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