Strong Enough Girls’ Empowerment Initiative (SEGEI) Commitment

February 17, 2023

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Strong Enough Girls

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Since 2016, SEGEI has worked with the Federal Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO), community leaders, adolescents and young people and other civil society organizations to
advance the sexual and reproductive health of young people in Nigeria. We have implemented projects aimed at changing harmful social norms, attitudes and behaviors at community and individual levels; preventing new HIV infections among young people; keeping girls in school; educating young people on comprehensive sexuality education (Family Life and HIV /AIDS Education); promoting young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health services; and advocating for girls’, children’s, and women’s rights to education and safety, including an end to child marriage and female genital mutilation….

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“We do not just need girls who are strong. We need a world that is ready for their strength—a society that doesn’t demand they diminish their light to make others comfortable.”

— FOUNDER, STRONG ENOUGH GIRLS

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Strong Enough Girls

SEGEI is a women-led non-profit organization dedicated to helping girls and young women in low-resource and marginalized settings find their voices, access resources, and use their talents to thrive. We seek to IGNITE, NURTURE, and HARNESS the intellectual, emotional, and social strengths of adolescent girls and young women through education (formal and informal), mentorship, and life skills development.