Program Location: Oyo West, Ogbomoso South, Iseyin, andIbarapa North LGA Beneficiaries: 3,000 In-and-Out of School Girls Funder: UNICEF/NOA Oyo State 1. Increase the knowledge of FGM and Joint Programme amongselected In-and-out of School girls. Increase the advocacy skills of the In-and-out of School girlsand Women. Develop a plan of action for advocating and step down...

Program Objective: To improve the quality of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH)and eliminate Female Genital Mutilation Program Location: 5 selected communities in each of OLUYOLE(Muslim, Olomi, Odò-ona, New Garage and Orita Challenge) and LAGELU(Monatan, Ayegoro, Wofun, Ejioku and Lalupon) LGAs ofOyo State Target Audience: Adolescent girls, Secondary School Students, Community Stakeholders and Health workers...

Program Objective 1. To sensitize and Educate Health Workers on Consequences of FGM 2. To advocate for elimination of medicalization of FGM amongst community health workers Program Location: Ibadan North, Lagelu and Egbeda LGA Beneficiaries: 3,000 Pregnant Women, Women of reproductive age and community health workers. Funder: #endcuttingirls

Funder: CISHAN OYO STATE /Action Aid Nigeria The aim of the third party monitoring exercise was to monitor andevaluate the outputs and outcomes of the implementation of theN-SIP. It is aimed at capturing beneficiaries’ voice and providingfeedback to the NSIO with the aim of improving the delivery ofservices in the programme. A total of 23,400...

Funder:Office of the Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria / ActionAid Nigeria Partners:Coalition of Civil Society Networks on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria – Oyo State Chapter (CiSHAN Oyo State) & Trailblazer Initiative Nigeria (TBI NG) Project Overview The project was part of a Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) exercise aimed at tracking, assessing, and improving the National Social...

n Tuesday 29th August, 2023, our team was at Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate to conduct edutainment (educational entertainment) to create awareness on FGM, child marriage, GBV, VAWC and other harmful practices, dissemination of existing information, research, etc. and increase research uptake on elimination of harmful practices, FGM, child marriage, GBV and VAWC and...

We were at Ido community in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State for a 1-day advocacy meeting with influential leaders to support the elimination of female genital mutilation in the community. Ido community is one out of the 10 communities where we have received support from UNICEF Nigeria to implement the project “Strengthening the...

On Wednesday, 20th of September 2023, UNICEF in partnership with TRAILBLAZER INITIATIVE AND ONELIFE INITIATIVE held a 1-Day state level Orientation meeting with National Youth council of Nigeria(NYCN) Executives & Supervisory/Coordinating Ministries to mobilized 640 groups and 960,000 individuals to join the M4Good to join FGM in Oyo State The meeting which started at about...

OPENINING REMARKS AT 1-DAY STATE LEVEL – POLICY ADVOCACY DIALOGUE WITH PARLIAMENTARIANS, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND SERVICES PROVIDERS ON TACKLING FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM), CHILD MARRIAGE, AND OTHER FORMS OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE BY DR DARE OLAGOKE-ADARAMOYE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – TRAILBLAZER INITIATIVE NIGERIA ON THURSDAY, 27TH JULY, 2023 The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly – Rt....

In a bid to proffer solutions to the challenges hindering implementation and operationalization of the Oyo State Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law 2020 the Trailblazer Initiative Nigeria- a youth-led, Youth and Women focused Non-Profit, Non-Governmental Organization that is committed to the betterment of generations and making Positive Change Inevitable in the Society with support from...