Just A Girl Initiatives

Here at Just A Girl Initiatives, we know that empowering young women is critical to the future of Liberia. Since our founding in 2014, we have been determined to help girls and young women along the path to a safe and productive future. Our Intervention areas include Advocacy, mentorship, education, vocational and economic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health education, agriculture, community service, and civic awareness.

Just a Girl-Initiatives was established in 2014 by Liberia's Female Journalists Evelyn Kpadeh Seagbeh after several years of investigating challenges young women and girls face after the end of Liberia's 14 years of War.

From a documentary she produced on the growing wave of teenage prostitution and the lack of opportunities to enable young women explore their potentials and become better citizens.

From the troubling stories of young commercial sex workers. Evelyn embarked on helping young women become better citizens by affording them opportunities and mentoring programs that would avoid them of becoming victims of prostitution and other negative vices that undermine their productivity.

Today, Just A Girl Initiatives has diversify not just working with young commercial sex workers, but also with young single mothers, and teenage mothers and other potential young women to reduce their vulnerabilities. JAGI believes providing opportunities like empowerment, mentoring, youths positive engagements helps prevent more young women from becoming victims of vices that undermine their youthfulness and values.