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World Population Day 2018

International

World Population Day is an annual event to increase people’s awareness on various population issues such as the importance of family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health and human rights. July 11 is set aside every year to raise awareness on global population issues. The theme for 2018: “Family Planning is a Human Right” This […]

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GPI Social Work 2018

Activity Reports, GPI Calabar

GPI Social Work is a yearly activity where a community with Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) issues like harmful traditional practices, unsafe abortion, teenage pregnancy, low productivity of females, discriminating practices against widows, etc will be identified, and intervention will be provided through information, capacity building, and any other form of support available. […]

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GPI Calabar Advocacy Strategy Development Workshop.

GPI Calabar

Girls’ Power Initiative (GPI) Nigeria organizes Advocacy Strategy Development Workshop from 19th to 21st June, 2018 at GPI Conference Hall for over 30 young women in Cross River State. The first day of the workshop was graced by the presence of the Permanent Secretary, Cross River State, Ministry of Youth and Sports – Mrs. Ninka […]

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GPI Calabar Centre Observes the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM 2018

Articles, GPI Calabar, Publications

On this 6th of February, 2018, Girls Power Initiative Calabar Centre adds its voice to the worldwide chorus of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. The World Health Organisation defines FGM as comprising all procedures involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. FGM is undertaken for cultural and non-medical reasons. Estimates […]

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Volunteer Vacancy

GPI Calabar

Girls’ Power Initiative (GPI) Nigeria Calabar Centre is calling on all her graduates who are currently not engaged to volunteer their services with the organization. If you are interested, submit your application on or before 10th February 2018 to GPI Calabar office at Atimbo Road. For more details, call: 08033578595

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GPI CALABAR SUNDAY OPEN DAY ACTIVITY

Activity Reports, GPI Calabar

GPI Calabar Open Day for safe space education held on the 21st of January 2018 at GPI conference hall for all GPI girls from all the groups and their facilitators. The safe space education is the weekly lessons for adolescent girls aged 10-18 is aimed at empowering the girls with information on Sexual and Reproductive […]

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Campaign Against Gender – Based Violence in Education

GPI Calabar, International

Girls’ Power Initiative (GPI) Calabar in collaboration with 14 other NGOs, CBOs’ and networks took the streets by storm to campaign against Gender – Based Violence in Education which is in line with the ongoing 2018 16 Days of Activism. The 2018 theme was “Together We Can End Gender Based Violence in Education”. The rally […]

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2017 World AIDS Day campaign

Activity Reports, International

UNAIDS launches 2017 World AIDS Day campaign—My Health, My Right GENEVA, 6 November 2017—In the lead-up to World AIDS Day on 1 December, UNAIDS has launched this year’s World AIDS Day campaign. The campaign, My Health, My Right, focuses on the right to health and explores the challenges people around the world face in exercising […]

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16 Days of Activism 2017

GPI Calabar, International

What is 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence? Women from Lord House Settlement community March in the opening parade for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence. 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an international campaign to challenge violence against women and girls.The campaign runs every year from 25 November, the International […]

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NETWORK TO CURB SEXUAL ABUSE OF GIRLS AND WOMEN (NETCUSA)

GPI Calabar

NETWORK TO CURB SEXUAL ABUSE OF GIRLS AND WOMEN (NETCUSA) holds her bi-monthly meeting at Girls’ Power Initiative Nigeria, Calabar centre conference hall on the 26th October, 2017. Members in attendance were from the following Ministries, Law Enforcement agencies, Legal institution, Networks, CSOs, NGOs, school and the media: Ministry of Health Headquarters, Ministry of Sustainable […]

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Lets empower girls and young women

Girls should be in school. Not forced into marriage. You are not powerless, you...

Leadership and Entrepreneurship Skills Development

Six-month programme provides out-of-school girls and young women with skills training in either sewing,...

Core Programme

The GPI core programme empowers adolescent girls and young women with sexuality education and...

Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights

Adolescent sexuality and reproductive health are important contemporary concerns especially for reproductive health problems...

Youth Advocacy Group (YAG)

The Youth Advocacy Group (YAG) is a team of 10 volunteers set-up by Education...

GPI Enterpreneurship Skills Training – beneficiary tells her Story

Girls Power Initiative provided grants in the form of equipment and shop rents to...

Girls Stand Against Harmful Traditional Practice

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is one harmful practice happening in some parts of Cross...

Improving Girls Livelihood through Shoe making

Shoemaking is an enterprise that is common among the male folks in Nigeria. In...

I Can Now Take Care of Myself During Menstruation

My name is Deborah. I was 16 years when I celebrated my last birthday....

Jennifer

After 6 months training, Jennifer has made more than 20 pairs of sandals and...

Blessing A.

Blessing A., who could not design and cut materials for shoe making can now...

Blessing

Blessing has made more than 20 pairs of unisex slippers since she started acquiring...

GPI's 21st Graduation Ceremony-Calabar

Educated woman means educated family

Helping young girls discover their wings

Empower young girls and women to become empowered society itself

Leadership and Entrepre. skills Dev.

Your donation will help to increase opportunities for the girls and young females

Adolescent sexuality and reproductive health

This are important contemporary concerns especially for reproductive health...