
The Kogi State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) has begun training school principals and Gender-Based Violence focal persons across the state's three senatorial districts, according to Leadership (NG). The initiative aims to prevent sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in schools. The training forms part of broader measures by the programme to curb gender-based violence and create safer learning environments for adolescent girls across Kogi State, Nigeria.
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