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Taibat Hussain is a seasoned Programme Specialist at Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative, focusing on Gender-Based Violence, Online Safety, and Digital Rights in West Africa. Taibat leads the award-winning HerSafeSpace initiative and has served as an Independent Consultant, providing expertise in gender-based violence projects. Previous roles include Research Associate, where Taibat secured funding for COVID-19 research and managed a team to analyze pandemic data, and Project Officer, coordinating community mobilization workshops. Taibat is also part of UNESCO's Research Advisory Group, providing strategic input on sexuality education research, and serves as co-chair of the Healthy and Safe Spaces thematic area within the UNESCO SDG4 Youth & Student Network. Academic credentials include a PhD in International Development from the University of East Anglia, an MS in Social Research from the University of Hull, and a Master's in Development Economics from SOAS University of London.
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Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) was founded in 2014, as a student initiative on the campus of the University of Ilorin and is registered under the Corporate Affairs Commission with registration number CAC/IT/NO 119116 as a youth-based non-profit making and non-governmental organisation. We are driven by our passion and commitment to achieving good governance, promoting civic engagement and peaceful political participation, youth entrepreneurship, advancing civic liberties, and championing the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). As an organisation we have led a series of research on women’s empowerment, gender and governance, rural livelihoods, and feminist movements in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. We have consulted for organizations like Project Everyone (UK), Bill and Melinda Gates Funded CIVICUS Project in South Africa, KTN Global Alliance, Africa Uk, Restless Development UK, AfriLabs, Nigeria, Women IN Fintech, Netherlands and National Training Academy, Egypt. Over the years, we have built a reputation as an NGO at the forefront of demanding the formulation of youth-oriented policies through a series of advocacies and partnerships with other civil societies. Our methodology is to use data-driven analyses to seek transparency and accountability from the government. Through our innovative programmes, we have reached out to over 12 million Nigerians both online and offline. Our engagements have focused on the implementation of the SDGs, provision of quality education, empowering local communities and building an enabling environment for women's human right through training, research, storytelling, advocacy and protest.