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JUSTICE IN COURT FOR NIGERIAN WOMEN APRIL 6, 2022 According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in March 2022, Nigeria ranked 184 out of 192 countries in women’s representation in national parliaments. Nigerian women have been underrepresented and marginalized from inception in policy-making positions, which is a clear opposition to the provisions of sections 147, 42, …
Sexual violence is any act committed against someone’s sexual integrity without the person’s freely given consent. It transcends the violation of one’s body physically. Increasingly, sexual violence has been a major problem in every part of the world; statistics show that over 150 million girls worldwide are raped in a year. With the advent of the …
A call to action: ending sexual violence in Nigeria. Read More »
Other Forms of Approach to SRHR before Covid-19 happened Before the advent of the pandemic in 2020, there was a need for widespread sexual and reproductive health information and services. Despite collaborative efforts at the national and global level, medical services such as Pre and Post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV/AIDs, oral HIV test kits, medical …
Oluwatobi Ayodele Vision Spring Initiative organized a Generation Equality Writing Workshop for 12 young feminists in Nigeria. The aim was to build the capacity of young feminists on the thematic areas in the Beijing declaration and platform for action including its structural objectives and methods of contextualizing each area from a young feminist perspective. Participants …
POEM Give Her a Chance Give her a chance to speak Give her a chance to gather her thoughts How long will she be tied to the kitchen? How long will African women be hidden in shells? How long will the culture make her different? How long will this discrimination continue? How long will she …
CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM STUDENTS ON #IWD2021 Read More »
Last year, Vision Spring Initiatives commenced its #GirlImpact Project. After 3 days of intensive training of 12 female volunteers on comprehensive sexuality education and other Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) issues, we partnered with two secondary schools in two local government areas in Lagos state- Kosofe and Ikorodu. The LGAs selected were from …
‘As a young person with goals and aspirations set at the beginning of the year I never imagined that a time will come when I will not be able to leave my house-This still seems like a dream I am yet to wake up from’ Elizabeth Talatu, SRHR youth advocate This is the story …
“Reproductive freedom is critical to a whole range of issues. If young people cannot take charge of the most personal aspects of our lives, they cannot take care of anything. It should not be seen as a privilege or a benefit, but as a fundamental human right”. These are the words of feminist activist, …
VISION SPRING INITIATIVES CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2020 Read More »
Nigeria has the third highest infant mortality in the world and also the largest contributor to global mortality rate. The rates are high not because diseases leading to death cannot be cured or prevented. Women and girls are dying from preventable and treatable sexual health complications as a result of entrenched resistance to women’s autonomy …
Vision Spring Initiative since March 2019 through consultancy services is partnering with North East Regional Initiative (NERI) on a USAID funded project to support ending violent extremist attacks in Bornu and Adamawa states. In Northern Nigeria, women and girls are being exposed under a terrible system of marginalization. They struggle economically and socially through many traditions …
Unsafe abortions are one of the most significant and preventable contributions of maternal mortality and morbidity in Nigeria. Research carried out by the Guttmacher Institute in partnership with the university of Ibadan, reported that 1.25 million induced abortions occurred in 2012 alone. On the other hand, evidence from a consultant OB/GYN at the University Teaching …
VISION SPRING INITIATIVES CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2018! Read More »
Vision Spring Initiatives partnering with POSITIVE ACTION FOR TREATMENT ACCESS and others visited a total of four (4) health service centres toward ensuring that robust services are provided to service recipients. Some of the services received at the centres visited include: Family planning, HIV Counselling and Testing, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission, Counselling, TB …
Vision Spring Initiatives visits service delivery sites on the global fund project Read More »
