Project aims

· To stimulate the interest of female students in current issues and challenges in maternal & newborn health
systems, nursing and midwifery professions, and the study of science (biology, chemistry and medicine).
· To demonstrate to young female students that further education or professional development will not impair
their ability to be a wife or mother.
· Allow female students to ascertain the level of awareness among their male peers on these critical issues.
· Engage important stakeholders including public officials, community and religious leaders on girls’
empowerment and issues of maternal health.
· Promote sustained collaboration between LSHTM and partner institutions and communities in Nigeria.