Empowering the Next Generation of Girls
Establishing secure physical environments, digital safety training, and transformative leadership capabilities for adolescent girls across Nigeria.
270+
Girls Impacted
3
Partner Schools
100%
Menstrual Kits
6 Months
Mentorship
Who We Are & What We Do
Who We Are
The Girls Lead Safe Space (GLSS) is a high-impact, rapid-response initiative implemented through IVLEAD (I Volunteer for Leadership). We are dedicated to empowering adolescent girls (students aged 11–20) by providing secure physical spaces to learn, organize, and grow across Lagos, Abuja, and Ekiti.
What We Do
We deliver a transformative curriculum focusing on intrinsic leadership development, values and decision-making, digital safety, and comprehensive reproductive health. In partnership with organizations like FELAD, we distribute vital resources such as sanitary hygiene packs to eliminate school absenteeism.
Our Core Pillars
An intensive curriculum designed to equip adolescent girls with life-saving and career-building capabilities.
Confidence & Leadership
Dispelling myths and realizing that being a girl is an extraordinary superpower.
Values & Choices
Developing strong personal ethics and resisting negative peer pressure.
Digital Safety
Navigating the internet responsibly, protecting personal data, and building positive digital footprints.
Health & Hygiene
Breaking menstrual health taboos and distributing vital hygiene packs.
GLSS x FELAD Nigeria:
The Oye-Ekiti Outreach
Bringing free leadership training and menstrual health packages to two secondary schools in Oye-Ekiti: Ilupeju High School and Oye Egbo High School.
Scheduled for the 25th and 26th of May, coinciding with World Menstrual Hygiene Day. Every attendee receives a sanitary pad pack and structured training in leadership, values, and digital safety.
Mercy Opayinka Oluwafunmilayo
Data scientist and development professional working at the intersection of health analytics and evidence-based policy design. An alumna and Cohort Facilitator for the Harvard Aspire Leaders Program, Mercy led the curriculum that equipped over 270 secondary school girls in Phase 1 with essential digital security and reproductive health skills.
Meet Our Facilitators
Mercy Onibudo
Civic Education Facilitator
Goodness Ifeoma
Community Engagement Specialist
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