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.
Girl Up Nigeria commemorates 2 years of impact and action

Girl Up Nigeria, a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization founded on the 14th of July, 2020, in alignment with the Girl Up campaign under the United Nations Foundation, celebrates 2 years of impact.
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.
How You Can Empower Women Without Being the Government

You don’t need to be the government to empower women. You don’t even need to be as rich as Femi Otedola or Dangote. You only need to be a human who knows that women need to be empowered to do these:
How does sexual assault affect relationships?

We wrote about the crazy thing about sexual assault and what it actually means. What we’ve also discovered is that it affects relationships too.
Feminism: The position of advocates and curbing the toxicity it is breeding

We at Bays Planet Foundation believe feminism is an absolute rejection of domination and oppression over a particular gender. Feminists activists must know some things included in this article.
What You May Not Understand about Sexual Assault

Linda was on her way to her hostel on a Thursday evening. A man has been catcalling her. She didn’t give this man attention, given that she always knew what those things meant.