Initiative For Girls' Right and Health Development

Initiative For Girls' Right and Health Development We are committed to weakening harmful social and cultural practices affecting the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women.

Promotion of safe communities is in the fabric of our core existence.

Over the years, we have trained 567 grassroots activists across 10 cohorts and strengthened the capacity of multiple loc...
04/02/2026

Over the years, we have trained 567 grassroots activists across 10 cohorts and strengthened the capacity of multiple local organizations to lead ethical, effective, and community-centered advocacy against FGM and SGBV. Our Executive director .awodoyin_bello will always say passionately, "I want to give activists what I did not have access to when I started campaigning".

From ethics of community entry to project management, media engagement to survivor-centered approaches, we don’t just run programs, we BUILD people. From one voice to hundreds, from one community to many.
We are grateful for every activist and grassroots organization that has trusted us at with their growth journey. Together, we are building a movement that lasts and proving that community-led change works.





03/02/2026

At Initiative For Girls' Right and Health Development we are very keen on promoting Comprehensive sexuality education so young women can make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Here is Zenani Gbadume our lead facilitator in De Height College Ikorodu, Lagos, teaching adolescent girls passionately on Menstrual Hygiene.

IGRHD has reach more than 5,000 adolescent girls in the last decade and we are keen on expanding our reach.

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02/02/2026

Interesting and meaningful conversations as partners with Center for Gender, Obafemi Awolowo University and Osun state ministry of education on ways to incoporate men and boys into the project curriculum.

Statistics indicate that men and boys are the primary perpetrators of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) globally, with research showing that over 80-95% of perpetrators in various contexts are male. While GBV impacts all genders, the overwhelming majority of perpetrators, particularly in cases of sexual violence and intimate partner violence, are men.

Dr Paul Awoniyi reiterates the need to involve boys in our advocacy saying they need help to understand that violence and manipulation are not the right ways to exact authority as men and boys. As we forge ahead in our impactful work, we will continually engage men and boys.





Welcome to one of our favourite months in the year, not only because February is the month of love, but because we get t...
01/02/2026

Welcome to one of our favourite months in the year, not only because February is the month of love, but because we get to commemorate Zero Tolerance Day for FGM 💃🥳

At IGRHD Initiative For Girls' Right and Health Development , we are very keen on commemorating UN calendar days that are in line with our mission and vision and in the last decade, we have been so big about 💃

Strong movements are built on strong people. When local organizations and frontline activists receive hands-on training,...
30/01/2026

Strong movements are built on strong people. When local organizations and frontline activists receive hands-on training, practical mentorship, and certified capacity-building programs, they perform better and drive real change. At Initiative for Girls' Rights and Health Development , this is our focus.
Stay tuned for details on the next cohort.





29/01/2026

Life of a frontline Activist👌 Fortunate Nifemi Odekanle prepping over 100 adolescent girls of Ife Girl's High School for the Project. It takes a lot of skill to mobilize adolescents and get them to pay full attention. You have to be gentle, soft spoken but firm, our facilitators are not only passionate but skilled as some of them are survivors. These are some of the things we've realize works since over a decade of operations.




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Get familiar with the impactful work we do at Initiative For Girls' Right and Health Development 🤗
28/01/2026

Get familiar with the impactful work we do at Initiative For Girls' Right and Health Development 🤗

27/01/2026

Engaging religious leaders in our campaigns to end Female Ge***al Mutilation (FGM), Child Marriage (CM), and related harmful practices remains a key strategy for us at Initiative For Girls' Right and Health Development

Religious leaders hold immense influence at the community level, and their voices can shape beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.
This video shows when we visited Akinlalu Village in partnership with Global Media Campaign to End FGM to launch the “Girls Are Born Perfect” Campaign and introduce the End FGM Caravans, we engaged religious leaders and implored them to actively join the movement. The dialogue was insightful and reinforced the importance of faith-based leadership in driving social change.
During this visit, we also observed a high prevalence of teenage pregnancy within the Akinlalu community. In response, we are working closely with religious leaders to sensitize adolescents on sexual and reproductive health issues, including abstinence, responsible decision-making, and the appropriate use of contraceptives.
Together, we believe that informed communities, guided by trusted leaders, can protect girls, uphold their dignity, and secure a healthier future for all.

Big thanks to Wallace Global Fund for sustained support.




Behind every impact story is a table like this.People who care.People who plan.People who persist.Here’s to another week...
26/01/2026

Behind every impact story is a table like this.
People who care.
People who plan.
People who persist.
Here’s to another week of showing up for girls and women.

Happy New Week from all of us at Initiative For Girls Rights and Health Development- IGRHD Initiative For Girls' Right and Health Development

Our school sensitization engagement drive kicks off today beginning with Team Osun in commemoration of International Day...
09/10/2024

Our school sensitization engagement drive kicks off today beginning with Team Osun in commemoration of International Day of the Girl Child 2024. We are delighted to be creating awareness against SGBV to hundreds of Adolescents across Osun, Oyo, Lagos and Ondo states.



We are back like we never went on holidays 🎊
17/09/2024

We are back like we never went on holidays 🎊

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