The United Nations holds the International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) on October 11 annually to promote girls’ rights, advocate for more opportunities for girls, to increase awareness on gender equality and while also highlighting the challenges the girl child faces all over the world. The theme for this year's IDCG “Our time is now– Our right, Our future" focuses on developing and creating a sustainable society, where every girl-child has the freedom and access to basic human rights.

According to UNFPA report in 2022, Nigeria Records 2.5 Million Cases Of Unintended Pregnancies Annually among adolescents especially. Speaking on the recent UNFPA report theme: “Seeing the unseen( the case for action in the crisis of unintended pregnancy,” ) opined that the challenges with population and development were sexual and reproductive health and rights issues. Which, reveals that unintended pregnancy is a health issue stressing that it is a cause and an effect of gender discrimination, of restrictions on the urgency and bodily autonomy of women and girls.
This is a humanitarian issue and this contribute why Girls account for 60% of children out of school in Nigeria. Following this, our project titled “Igniting the Girl Child’s Potential " is aimed at engaging hundreds of girls and enlightening them about" Bodily Autonomy", their individual importance in making a change in the world, their time is now, their rights, their future belongs to them and they have the power to be whoever they want to be.

The project is aimed at enlightening and educating the girls about their rights, which includes right to freedom of decision making, education, political and economic empowerment sexual &reproduction health, none discrimination, zero violence and abuse. The project will also enlightenment about how they can confidently leverage on this rights.