Author: Akindayo Akinwale

Akinwale Peace Akindayo (AKA Philip Peace) is the Communications and Media Officer at Bays Planet Foundation, the Chief Creative Director of ARTmosterrific, a fast growing online literary community for African undergraduate writers, & a parliamentarian in the University of Ilorin. Akinwale does creative & freelance writing. Akinwale is also interested in domestic & foreign policymaking, & he seeks more advocacy for equality & justice.

Call for Application for the 3rd Cohort of the International Women’s Day Mentorship Program

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population and, therefore, also half of its potential. Gender equality, besides being a fundamental human right, is essential to achieve peaceful societies, with full human potential and sustainable development. Moreover, it has been shown that empowering women spurs productivity and economic growth. Unfortunately, there is still a […]

International Day of Education 2023

The International Day of Education is celebrated worldwide every 24th day of January. International Day of Education is an occasion to educate the public on issues of illiteracy to advance Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education), and ensure inclusive & equitable quality education to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all, equally to mobilize political will, […]

YCIC: Addressing Issues of Sexual Violence

Bays Planet Foundation launched the You Care I Care (YCIC) project, a capacity-building and stakeholder workshop to (1) Sensitise parents, guardians, and communities about identifying patterns of sexual abuse or violence in their children and (2) Develop tangible ways to address these issues collectively.

Call for Application for Heading for the Future Bootcamp

The Heading for the Future program is a project by Girl Up Nigeria and Bays Planet Foundation to bridge the gender gap in Science and Technology-related careers through encouraging and empowering young women, between the ages of 18-27 to take up and harness their interests in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).  The project is […]

African policy researchers recognise our Founder

Our founder, Baliqees Salaudeen, has always loved everything that contributes to Nigerian and African-wide development. Be it the policy research space, advocacy for the girl-child, boy-child, education, gender-based violence, and several other pressing social and environmental issues.

The 2022 Menstrual Hygiene Day with Girl Up Nigeria

Girl Up Nigeria, in partnership with Bays Planet Foundation, organised a series of school outreaches across three states of Nigeria to create awareness on menstrual hygiene management, break the taboos, and end the stigma around menstruation.