OD Live : Young Founders Leading the Charge: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls – YOA

OPPORTUNITY Desk Instagram Live – December 10, 2025 | 7PM (WAT)

Background

Across communities in Nigeria and past, younger girls founders are designing daring, human-centered options that shield girls and women from violence. Their work—rooted in braveness, innovation, and lived realities is redefining what real progress seems like.

As the 2025 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence attracts to an in depth, Opportunity Desk will host a robust Instagram Live dialog to raise these voices, amplify their affect, and strengthen collective dedication to ending violence in all its varieties.

Theme

Young Founders Leading the Charge: Ending Violence Against Women and Girlsarge

Purpose

To highlight the management and work of younger girls founders driving neighborhood-led, scalable efforts to finish violence in opposition to girls and women, whereas mobilising a broader viewers to take sustained motion.

Objectives

• Highlight impactful grassroots methods utilized by younger founders to guard girls and women.
• Deepen public understanding of rising threats, developments, and gaps.
• Share confirmed, survivor-centered fashions that may be tailored and scaled.
• Strengthen solidarity and encourage steady advocacy past the 16 Days.
• Inspire youth participation in prevention, safety, and coverage affect.
  

Format

A 60-minute Instagram Live dialog hosted by Opportunity Desk.

Host

• Favour Abatang, Community Manager, Opportunity Desk
  

Guest Speakers

• Adek Bassey, Founder and Executive Director, Today for Tomorrow Initiative
• Hassana Maina, Founder and Executive Director, ASIVOL Support Initiative
• Dorcas Elisha – Founder and Executive Director, Marben Foundation
  

Event Details

Date: December 10, 2025
Time: 7PM (WAT)
Platform: Instagram Live by way of Opportunity Desk

About Opportunity Desk

Established in 2012, Opportunity Desk (OD) is the largest digital media platform that bridges the hole to training by sharing data on related studying and development alternatives for youth round the world. These alternatives assist to facilitate younger folks’s efforts in exchanging concepts and making ready themselves for the future.
Opportunity Desk works to supply entry to international experiences to all by way of academic alternatives overseas, scholarships, coaching and conferences, fellowships, grants and awards, jobs, internships and volunteer packages. By doing so, the OD hopes to deliver a world expertise to everyone, no matter their background, age, disabilities, training, gender identification, racial or ethnic identification, sexual orientation or socio-financial standing.