It is another edition of the International Day of the girl and this year’s theme is step outside the gender box: Learning free from stereotypes. Today, we’re focusing on a core aspect of our future that has been affecting our growth and development for decades. That is how we learn. As a girl, you have been told don’t learn that it is for boys. Don’t apply for that course, your brain can’t handle it. In fact, you will explode. Because of these lies, many girls have shied away from exploring their areas of interest and pursuing their passions. Look around you. It is not new to hear girls being pushed…

Today is the #InternationalDayoftheGirl2021. This year’s Theme is Step Outside The Box: Learning Free From Stereotypes. A message for girls out there! Shirley Chisholm said, “Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.” Welcome to another edition of the International Day of the girl. This year’s theme is Step outside the gender box: Learning free from stereotypes. For far too long, we have been lied to. We have been told: You can’t learn this. You can’t understand this. We have been made to believe that certain bodies of knowledge are too difficult for us to learn because we are females. In Nigeria,…

COUNTDOWN DAY ONE A Refusing to abandon your gender prejudices is a learning stereotype that needs a change. Learn the dictates of an equal world. Unlearn biases. Relearn equality. COUNTDOWN DAY ONE B I am a girlchild who seeks to thrive outside the box of limitations. I hunger for learning in a world of stereotypes. I desire achievements based on my strengths and weaknesses. Not from pity. Not through favour. COUNTDOWN DAY TWO A Cage a bird of air; it loses the rope of its freedom, and the inherent choice to fly; it loses the cutting edge of its bliss and lustre. Box a girlchild; she turns a slave in…

Roseline in conjunction with Gertrude Olowo Empowerment Initiative Presents TikTok Competition to mark International Day of the Girl Child. Theme: Step Outside the Gender Box: Learning Free From Stereotypes. Join the challenge to Unlearn Gender in Schools! How to join: • Record or make a video with a duration between 1 to 3 minutes. • Highlight or react to a common statement, behavior, habit, or activity that discriminates against girls in schools and share an alternative or solution to it. • Submit your videos on Tiktok, Instagram, or via email. Submission Channels: Participants can choose to submit their videos through any of the mediums that is convenient for them. •…

Last year, we took a bold step forward in a bid to ensuring that young girls understand the potency of wielding their voice for a sustainable and gender-equal future. We made them realize that they should never stifle or smother their voices even when others tell them to cower in silence and hide their faces in shame. We made them realize that their words are powerful and needed for change and that when they speak, their words reverberate throughout the entire universe sending ripples across the galaxies. We urged them to speak up and use their voice. We urged them to let the sound of their vocal cords reverberate across…

Roseline in conjunction with Gertrude Olowo Empowerment Initiative presents International Day of the Girl Child 2021 For partnership and sponsorship, kindly send a Whatsapp message to Rose:+2348137034000 or Busola:+2348068712866 #IDG #IDG2021 #DayOfTheGirl #DayOfTheGirlChild #InternationalDayOfTheGirl #InternationalDayOfTheGirl2021