{"id":3249,"date":"2025-11-19T12:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:03:14","slug":"wepbi-launches-graca-machel-trusts-pan-african-adolescent-girls-movement-in-nigeria-trains-first-100-young-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wepbi-launches-graca-machel-trusts-pan-african-adolescent-girls-movement-in-nigeria-trains-first-100-young-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"WEPBI Launches Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Pan-African Adolescent Girls Movement in Nigeria, Trains First 100 Young Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3250\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5228-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5228-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5228-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5228-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5228-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5228.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> \u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3255\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5301-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5301-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5301-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5301-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5301-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5301.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Women Empowerment Education and Peace Building Initiative (WEPBI) has officially launched the <strong data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"404\">Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Pan-African Adolescent Girls Movement (PAGM)<\/strong> in Nigeria, with funding support from the <strong data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"469\">Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust<\/strong>. With this launch, <strong data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"533\">Nigeria becomes the 10th African country<\/strong> to roll out this transformative initiative aimed at strengthening adolescent girl-led leadership across the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3258\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3259\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5320-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5320-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5320-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5320-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5320-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5320.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3260\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5321-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5321-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5321-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5321-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5321-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5321.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3261\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5337-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5337-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5337-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5337-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5337-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5337.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ahead of the national launch, a group of carefully selected <strong data-start=\"714\" data-end=\"736\">young facilitators<\/strong> participated in a rigorous <strong data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"829\">three-day training based on Module One of the PAGM curriculum<\/strong>. The training equipped them with the skills and knowledge needed to mentor and guide their peers confidently and effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3262\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5349-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5349-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5349-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5349-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5349-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5349.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3263\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5353-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5353-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5353-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5353-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5353-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5353.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3264\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5471-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5471-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5471-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5471-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5471-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5471.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3265\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5482-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5482-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5482-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5482-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5482-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5482.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"937\">With this strengthened capacity<\/strong>, the trained facilitators successfully delivered the first round of sessions to the inaugural cohort of <strong data-start=\"1042\" data-end=\"1092\">100 adolescent girls, known as the Young Eagles<\/strong>. Through interactive activities and discussions, the girls explored themes such as leadership, identity, confidence building, rights awareness, and the vision of the Pan-African Adolescent Girls Movement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3266\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5486-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5486-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5486-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5486-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5486-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5486.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3267\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5525-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5525-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5525-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5525-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5525-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5525.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3268\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5528-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5528-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5528-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5528-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5528-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5528.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3258\" src=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSC_5318.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1553\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The launch event further deepened understanding of the movement\u2019s objectives, expectations, and long-term impact, reinforcing WEPBI\u2019s commitment to creating safe spaces, amplifying girls\u2019 voices, and nurturing a new generation of empowered young leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1555\" data-end=\"1801\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This milestone marks a bold step forward for adolescent girls in Nigeria, as the country joins other African nations in advancing continental girl-led advocacy and meaningful participation through the support and vision of the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Women Empowerment Education and Peace Building Initiative (WEPBI) has officially launched the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust\u2019s Pan-African Adolescent Girls Movement (PAGM) in Nigeria, with funding support from the Gra\u00e7a Machel Trust. With this launch, Nigeria becomes the 10th African country to roll out this transformative initiative aimed at strengthening adolescent&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":3255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[175,181,180,178,182,179],"class_list":["post-3249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-blog","tag-mykiota","tag-girlsleadership","tag-gracamacheltrust","tag-pagmnigeria","tag-wepbiempowers","tag-youngeagles"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3269,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions\/3269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wepbi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}