YCDEI
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youthcare development and empowerment initiative
As one person, I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person.
CHILDREN MENTORED (MALE)
CHILDREN MENTORED (female)
PARENTS IMPACTED
SCHOOLS INVOLVED
TEACHERS TRAINED
An Introduction To YCDEI by Dr. Adefunke Ekine
I am a Girl Child and I have a Voice!
What is YCDEI?
We have a Vision to Promote Gender Equality through Systemic Change and Community Participation
What We Do
How YCDEI Began
Our Vision
Our Mission
Our Blog
We Have the Power to Impact Our Future, and We’re Doing Something About It
Happening Now
YcDEI APRIL 2025 NEWS LETTER
YcDEI Newsletter- APRIL 2025Download
Our Blog
THE MOVEMENT HAS BEGUN…… Post-Training Impact: Women of Faith Step Down to Take a Stand Against GBV
Following the successful Gender-Based Violence Capacity Building Workshop for Female Religious Leaders in Ibadan, the impact is already being felt across local churches as the trained leaders begin step-down trainings in their congregations. A few days ago, two...
YcDEI ENGAGES THE MEDIA
As part of our ongoing commitment to empower women and faith leaders with the knowledge and tools to speak up, stand up, and act against all forms of GBV in their communities, we actively engaged the media to ensure this message reached far and wide because we...
Targeted Engagement with Female Christian Religious Leaders on the Prevention of Gender Based Violence in Oyo state, South-West Nigeria…… Empowering Women of Faith Against GBV
Youthcare Development and Empowerment Initiative (YcDEI) with support from the Ford Foundation, organized a capacity-building workshop on preventing Gender-Based Violence for Female Religious Leaders of various church denominations in Ibadan to deepen their...
Fund for Innovation in Development (FiD) team visits Youthcare Development and Empowerment Initiative (YcDEI).
On Monday, 24th of March, 2025, YcDEI received a very powerful delegation from our sponsors and partner, Fund for Innovation in Development (FiD) on an assessment visit to our ongoing project aptly tagged “Ending School Related Gender Based Violence”. During the...
YcDEI 2024 ANNUAL REPORT
ABS YCDEI 2024 Annual reportDownload
STOP FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION: A CALL TO END THIS HARMFUL PRACTICE
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a practice that involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia of female children and women for non-medical reasons. It is recognized internationally as a violation of their fundamental human rights. FGM...
Upcomming Events
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Training of mentees: Second cohort
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Celebration of International Day for the Girl Child
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