Reclaim your Life (RYL) Project is a response to a gap we identified in our previous VOICE project, which is Voices of Freedom Project. During implementation, we were able to create a sustainable platform to engage parents and custodians of school-aged children; however, we discovered that a significant number of them also require assistance with family planning and economic empowerment.
This void presented an opening for an ongoing initiative titled “reclaiming our future.” Through this initiative, we are addressing the needs of these parents and guardians, while simultaneously utilising the platform to engage them in their relationship with their wards.
Reclaim your life (RYL) project seeks to equip community women with the skills, knowledge, and opportunities necessary to reclaim their future, particularly in terms of economic independence and sexual & reproductive health rights. Additionally, we have excellent relationships with primary health care centres in Ikotun, and they have expressed interest in collaborating with us on the family planning initiative.
Key objectives of the Project
Key objectives of the Project is to Empower ourselves the community women with adequate knowledge to make informed decisions on how many children they want and when to do so.
Under this objective, we aim at the following key activities:
- Establish key stakeholders like primary health care authority and community leaders in Alimosho LGA
- Capacity building on reproductive health rights
- Exposure to resources available at our primary health care centers
- IEC materials on reproductive health rights
Build our confidence to understand that we are beyond the violence we experience at home; understand what sexual violence entails, what to do in such situation & where to get help
Build our confidence to understand that we are beyond the violence we experience at home; understand what sexual violence entails, what to do in such situation & where to get help
- Establish stakeholders synergy with feminist organizations and gender unit of the Nigerian police
- Seminars on domestic violence- what it means, instances, what to do when it happens and where to get help
- Referral pathways to support women in danger of domestic violence
Facilitate mutual cooperation for economic empowerment and emotional support.
Facilitate mutual cooperation for economic empowerment and emotional support.
- Establish village Saving Loan Association (VSLA) for our women
- Financial management seminars
- Establish a safe space for our women to provide mutual support to each other.
Project Picture
Project Posts
Village Savings and Loan Association(VSLA) Workshop on Business Loans
On the 15th of March 2023, the Reclaim Your Future project convened a powerful workshop under its Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) initiative, focusing on business loans....
INCEPTION OF THE RECLAIM YOUR FUTURE PROJECT.
The Reclaim Your Future project was formally launched on the 15th of December 2022, with key representatives from FIDA (International Federation of Women Lawyers) and the Ikotun Health Centre marking the event....
GUIDELINE FOR FAMILY PLANNING
The Global Strategy for Women's, Children's, and Adolescent Health and other major global programmes stress the importance of providing family planning services to all women and girls as a human right and a prerequisite to goodhealth. Access to high-quality, cheap sexual and reproductive health services and...
From a Petty Pap Sellerto Sewing Queen
In the vibrant heart of Lagos, where dreams often collide with harsh realities, Mrs. Nwafor Louisa Nkem was a determined mother grappling with financial instability. ...
First Safe Space Monthly Meeting focused on family planning.
The Reclaim Your Future project took a monumental step on the 17th of January 2023, with its first Safe Space Monthly Meeting focused on family planning....
Closing ceremony of “Reclaim Your Future” project.
The "Reclaim Your Future" project, launched by CAPRIGHTS-VP, has successfully concluded, making a significant impact on the women and children in Igando and Ikotun....
Centre for the Advancement and the Protection of the Rights of Vulnerable People (CAPRIGHTS-VP) team visited the Women Rights and Health Project
Mrs. Bose Ironsi, Executive Director, and Ayomide, Communication Officer, warmly received the team, expressing appreciation for CAPRIGHTS-VP's interest in partnership. During the meeting, Mrs. Ironsi highlighted the alignment between WRAHP’s mission and CAPRIGHTS-VP’s goals, particularly in promoting women’s and children’s rights and addressing domestic...
CAPRIGHTS-VP Women VSLA Monthly Meeting / skill Empowerment.
Caprights Vp Community Women Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA)Monthly meeting, with focus on boosting financial independence and developing new skills....
CAPRIGHTS-VP proudly launched a new family planning guideline
CAPRIGHTS-VP proudly launched a new family planning guideline as part of our ongoing "Reclaim Your Future" project...
CAPRIGHTS-VP participated in the “Know Your Government” Interactive Meeting, organized by The Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation WAPA.
Caprights Vp participated in the "Know Your Government" Interactive Meeting, organized by The Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation WAPA , held today, Monday, September 9, 2024, at the Women’s Development Center....