If we look closely at what’s happening in our world, in the media and among young people, the rape culture is promoted. You hear it in lyrics, you see it in ads, you hear it in conversations…it seems normal. It’s high time we started unlearning and relearning. Our advocate from Nigeria thinks “SHE deserves honor […]
This week on “The First Women” is Dr Elizabeth Blackwell. Cheers to women who broke glass ceilings and thus paved way for upcoming generations of girls to dream big and achieve them. Elizabeth Blackwell is the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council.She pioneered in promoting education for women in medicine. […]
We are very excited! The first beneficiaries of our free education scheme for girls (Girlducation Project) officially resumed school today. We appreciate our partner organisation in Zamfara state of Nigeria @curb_childabuse for being our eyes over there. We also want to appreciate UNICEF for donating school bags to the girls as well as sponsors that […]
It’s the D-day of our 4th Girl Child Conference. We wont just be putting 2 girls from Northern Nigeria into school, but keeping them there till the end of their secondary school education. By all means, no girl must drop out. #internationaldayofthegirl #dayofthegirl #IDG2019 #idg19 #thegraciellainitiative #empoweringgirls #educationforgirls #educatethegirlchild #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #sustainability #girls #girlsrights #childmarriage
When you deny half the population of a nation the skills required to build that nation, you have shot yourself in the leg. Educating girls give them the skills they need to build their society and their nation. When we deny them this fundamental right, we make liabilities out of women, thereby depriving the nation […]
A Girl should be who she wants to be, where she wants to be, and have what she wants for herself. Only Education can make this possible! Child marriage (where a girl is turned into a child bride) is one of the cruel choices made for girls in this part of the world, especially in […]
A girl is deprived of a whole lot of things when she is denied education. She not only suffers from ignorance, but lives as a liability to her society. This is one of the reasons our organisation is putting 2 girls from Northern Nigeria in school until the end of their secondary school education. When […]
TGI PRESENTS HER FOURTH GIRL CHILD CONFERENCE Our dream to put 100 girls in school by 2030 is gradually becoming a reality!💪 This year’s TGI Girl Child Conference (which would be holding on the International Day of the Girl) would include sponsorship of 2 girls from Northern Nigeria, among all others.. It would also mark […]
Girls and lovers of girls reading this, what are the top 10 rights that girls are entitled to? What rights do you think you have been denied as a girl or other girls have been denied that you are entitled to?? Help us draft a Girls bill of Rights. #TGI #GirlsAreOurBusiness #AkiliDada #GirlsRightsAreHumanRights #girlsrights #girls […]
To every girl child reading this.. You’re not a second class citizen, and you should never settle for an “assistant” or a “vice”. Totally aim for the highest rank. You’re human just as he is and can be a leader just as he can be. Advocate Phyllis of TGI puts it to you… She says […]
The Graciella Initiative 