EmpowerHer Health Hub — RFLD · Interactive SRHR education platform for young African women

Interactive SRHR education · Within the DƆNÙESÈ Data Center

EmpowerHer
Health Hub.

RFLD's interactive Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights education platform — built for young African women, anchored in the Maputo Protocol, structured around 12 thematic modules, 7 advocacy game scenarios, and 8 stakeholder engagement tracks.

Modules 12 thematic tracks

Advocacy games 7 scenarios · 70+ challenges

Quizzes 180+ questions across modules

Continental anchor Maputo Protocol · CEDAW · ACDEG

About this platform

A reliable source for SRHR knowledge — and a tool for action.

The EmpowerHer Health Hub is an interactive education platform developed by RFLD as part of its continental SRHR programme. It is hosted within RFLD's DƆNÙESÈ Data Center — the continental data infrastructure that also hosts the Maputo Protocol Hub, the West Africa Legislative Platform, and the Women in Politics tracker.

The Hub is built for young African women seeking reliable, accessible, age-appropriate information about their sexual and reproductive health and rights — and for the educators, health workers, journalists, parliamentarians, and community leaders who work alongside them. Every module combines clear explanatory content with an interactive quiz; every quiz draws on the same continental legal framework (Maputo Protocol, CEDAW, African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance) that anchors RFLD's policy work.

Beyond the educational modules, the Hub includes seven advocacy game scenarios for GESI activist organisations, and eight stakeholder engagement tracks that translate SRHR principles into operational strategies for survivor support, education, healthcare, religious dialogue, law enforcement, journalism, and policy work.

12 thematic modules · click a tab above to explore

The modules.

Each module combines accessible explanatory content with an interactive quiz that tests and deepens what you've learned. Quizzes are randomised on every load — so you can return as often as you like and continue learning.

Module 01

Understanding My Body and Puberty: A journey to the core of my being

Discover the workings of your body. This module guides you through the changes of puberty, female physiology, and the importance of intimate hygiene. The accompanying quiz tests your knowledge of menstrual cycles, hormones, and reproductive anatomy.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Understanding My Body' quiz.

Module 02

Contraception and Family Planning: My choices for my future

Explore different methods of contraception clearly. Understand how they work, their effectiveness, and their benefits — so you can choose what best fits your life. It's your body, your decisions.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Contraception' quiz.

Module 03

STI & HIV/AIDS Prevention: Protecting my health, protecting my life

Learn about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS — how they are transmitted, how to prevent them, and the importance of testing and treatment. Knowledge is your best protection.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'STIs & HIV/AIDS' quiz.

Module 04

Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postnatal Care: My peaceful maternity journey

This module covers all stages of pregnancy, from conception to postpartum care. Discover the importance of prenatal consultations, signs to watch for, and how to prepare for a safe delivery.

Test your knowledge

18 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Pregnancy & Childbirth' quiz.

Module 05

Defending My SRHR Rights: Know your rights, demand your rights

Understand your fundamental rights regarding sexual and reproductive health. This module gives you the keys to identify rights violations, know legal remedies, and find organisations that can support you.

Test your knowledge

18 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'My SRHR Rights' quiz.

Module 06

Sexual Harassment: Understand, prevent, act

Sexual harassment is a serious violation of rights and dignity. This module helps you identify what constitutes harassment, learn prevention strategies, and understand possible recourse.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Sexual Harassment' quiz.

Module 07

Female Genital Mutilation: Breaking the silence, protecting lives

FGM is a harmful traditional practice with severe consequences for the physical and mental health of women and girls. This module provides information on different types of FGM, their impacts, and continental efforts toward its elimination.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Female Genital Mutilation' quiz.

Module 08

Abortion: Rights, access, and safety

This module explores the topic of abortion, addressing legal frameworks, the importance of access to safe and legal services, and the risks associated with unsafe practices.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Abortion' quiz.

Module 09

Child Marriage: Ending a harmful practice

Child marriage violates fundamental human rights and has devastating consequences. This module explains the causes and impacts of child marriage, legal protections, and strategies for prevention and intervention.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Child Marriage' quiz.

Module 10

Infant Mortality: Ensuring a healthy start for every child

Understanding the causes and prevention of infant mortality is crucial for maternal and child health. This module covers key factors contributing to infant deaths and outlines effective interventions, including prenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal support.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Infant Mortality' quiz.

Module 11

International Conventions & African Instruments: Your legal shield

Explore the international and regional legal frameworks that protect your SRHR — including CEDAW, the Maputo Protocol, the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, and other instruments. Understand how these documents empower you and hold states accountable.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'Conventions & Instruments' quiz.

Module 12

ABCs of Activism: Guiding principles for GESI activist organisations

This module sets out foundational principles for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) activist organisations, with strategic engagement ideas for diverse stakeholders. Learn how to be an effective advocate for change.

Test your knowledge

15 questions · randomised order

Click the button below to start the 'ABCs of Activism (GESI)' quiz.

SRHR advocacy game challenges · 7 scenarios

Learn by doing.

Seven interactive game scenarios designed for GESI activist organisations and SRHR advocates. Each scenario presents a real strategic challenge, followed by a 10-question challenge that tests advocacy decision-making, resource allocation, community engagement, policy reform, fact-checking, survivor support, norm change, and impact storytelling.

Game 01 · Resource navigation

The "Resource Navigator" challenge

Concept: This game puts users in charge of a GESI organisation's budget, requiring them to strategically allocate limited resources across various programme areas — survivor support, education campaigns, policy lobbying, and health clinic supplies.

Learning focus: Teaches users about the practical challenges of resource allocation, financial sustainability, and making difficult choices in humanitarian and advocacy work — directly linking to the "Accountability & Transparency" principle.

Game 02 · Community mobilisation

The "Community Mobilizer" simulation

Concept: This game focuses on the art of community engagement and coalition building. Users navigate scenarios where they need to gain support from diverse community members — youth, religious leaders, local elders — for a specific SRHR or GESI initiative.

Learning focus: Highlights the importance of community-led approaches, intersectional understanding, and effective communication for grassroots advocacy — reinforcing the "Community-Led Approaches" and "Building Coalitions & Partnerships" principles.

Game 03 · Policy reform

The "Policy Reformer" journey

Concept: This challenge dives deeper into the legislative and policy-making process. Players take on the role of an advocate trying to pass a new law or amend existing legislation related to SRHR or gender equality.

Learning focus: Provides insights into policy advocacy cycles, stakeholder influence, strategic negotiation, and the role of evidence in influencing legal frameworks — connecting strongly to "Data-Driven Advocacy" and "Building Coalitions" with state actors.

Game 04 · Fact-checking

The "Fact-Checker Face-Off"

Concept: Users act as investigative journalists or health communicators, tasked with debunking common myths and misinformation surrounding SRHR topics — contraception side effects, FGM, STI transmission, vaccination.

Learning focus: Emphasises data-driven advocacy, ethical communication, and the importance of accessible, accurate information to empower communities and counter harmful narratives.

Game 05 · Survivor support

The "Survivor Support Network" builder

Concept: This game focuses on the practical aspects of establishing and maintaining a comprehensive support system for survivors of gender-based violence.

Learning focus: Teaches about trauma-informed care, the multi-faceted needs of survivors, intersectional approaches to support, and the importance of strong partnerships with health, legal, and community services.

Game 06 · Norm change

The "Norm Challenger" campaign

Concept: Users design and execute campaigns to shift harmful social and gender norms that perpetuate SRHR violations — child marriage, FGM, gender-based violence.

Learning focus: Highlights the complexity of social change, the role of cultural sensitivity, and the power of community-led approaches and feminist leadership in transforming attitudes and behaviours.

Game 07 · Impact storytelling

The "Impact Storyteller"

Concept: This game challenges users to effectively measure and communicate the impact of their SRHR/GESI programmes to various stakeholders — from local communities to international donors.

Learning focus: Reinforces accountability and transparency, emphasises data-driven advocacy, and develops skills in strategic communication and evidence-based reporting to demonstrate tangible change.

Strategic engagement modules · 8 stakeholder tracks

Engaging diverse stakeholders.

Effective SRHR advocacy requires engaging a wide range of actors. These modules provide strategic ideas for working with eight key stakeholder groups — survivors, educators, health workers, youth, religious and traditional leaders, law enforcement, journalists, and government officials — to achieve sustainable change. Click any track to expand.

Goal

To provide comprehensive, trauma-informed support and empower survivors to heal, reclaim their lives, and become advocates for change.

Strategies & modules

Psychosocial support: individual and group counselling, peer support networks, art therapy.
Legal aid & justice: free legal representation, assistance with reporting, understanding legal rights.
Economic empowerment: vocational training, micro-finance initiatives, entrepreneurship support.
Safe spaces & shelters: provision of secure and confidential environments for healing.
Advocacy training: empowering survivors to share their stories safely and advocate for policy change.

Goal

To equip educators with the knowledge and skills to deliver comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and create safe, inclusive school environments.

Strategies & modules

CSE curriculum integration: training on age-appropriate and culturally sensitive CSE delivery.
Safe school policies: workshops on preventing and responding to gender-based violence in schools.
Referral pathways: educating teachers on how to identify and refer students to SRHR services.
Positive gender norms: training on promoting gender equality and challenging harmful stereotypes in the classroom.
Parental engagement: strategies for engaging parents in CSE discussions to build support.

Goal

To enhance health workers' capacity to provide high-quality, non-discriminatory, and youth-friendly SRHR services.

Strategies & modules

Clinical skills training: updates on contraception, STI management, maternal care, and safe abortion care (where legal).
Youth-friendly services: training on confidential counselling, empathetic communication, and adolescent health needs.
GBV first response: protocols for identifying, supporting, and referring GBV survivors.
SRHR rights & ethics: education on patients' rights, informed consent, and non-discrimination.
Community health outreach: training on conducting mobile clinics and community awareness sessions.

Goal

To empower young people with accurate SRHR information, life skills, and leadership opportunities to make informed decisions and advocate for their rights.

Strategies & modules

Peer education programmes: training youth to educate their peers on SRHR topics.
Digital literacy & online safety: modules on navigating online information and preventing cyberbullying/harassment.
Leadership & advocacy workshops: developing skills for public speaking, policy analysis, and community mobilisation.
Youth-friendly spaces: creating safe and accessible centres for SRHR information and services.
Creative expression: using drama, music, and art to discuss SRHR issues and challenge norms.

Goal

To engage leaders as influential allies in promoting positive SRHR norms and combating harmful practices within their communities.

Strategies & modules

Dialogue & sensitisation: workshops on SRHR issues from a faith/tradition perspective, emphasising common values.
Challenging harmful norms: training to speak out against FGM, child marriage, and GBV from religious/traditional platforms.
Promoting positive practices: encouraging family planning, maternal health, and gender equality through sermons and community gatherings.
Referral mechanisms: establishing pathways for leaders to refer community members to SRHR services.
Role modelling: highlighting leaders who actively champion SRHR and gender equality.

Goal

To build the capacity of law enforcement and judicial personnel to effectively prevent, investigate, and prosecute SRHR-related crimes, ensuring justice for survivors.

Strategies & modules

Legal framework training: education on national and international laws pertaining to SRHR, GBV, FGM, and child marriage.
Survivor-centred approach: training on empathetic interviewing, avoiding re-traumatisation, and ensuring confidentiality.
Evidence collection: best practices for gathering and preserving evidence in SRHR-related cases.
Referral networks: establishing strong links with medical, psychosocial, and legal support services for survivors.
Combating impunity: workshops on effective prosecution strategies and addressing corruption and bias.

Goal

To foster responsible and ethical reporting on SRHR issues, raising public awareness and challenging harmful stereotypes.

Strategies & modules

SRHR terminology & concepts: training on accurate use of language and understanding complex SRHR topics.
Ethical reporting guidelines: workshops on survivor privacy, avoiding sensationalism, and promoting positive narratives.
Data & evidence-based journalism: encouraging use of reliable sources and statistics in reporting.
Storytelling for impact: training on crafting compelling human-interest stories that drive action.
Media awards & recognition: incentivising quality SRHR reporting through awards and recognition programmes.

Goal

To influence policy development, resource allocation, and programme implementation that prioritises SRHR and gender equality at all levels of governance.

Strategies & modules

Policy briefings & dialogues: presenting evidence-based recommendations for SRHR policies and programmes.
Budget advocacy: training on how to advocate for increased funding for SRHR initiatives.
Implementation monitoring: collaborating on tracking progress and identifying gaps in policy implementation.
Capacity building on GESI: workshops on integrating gender equality and social inclusion into all government planning.
Technical support: providing expertise for drafting legislation, national strategies, and action plans related to SRHR.

Within the RFLD continental SRHR programme

Connected resources.

The EmpowerHer Health Hub sits within RFLD's broader SRHR programming. Explore the connected resources — the SRHR programme page, the BRAVE flagship on bodily rights, the Maputo Protocol Hub, and the FGM Campaign Hub — for the policy and programme infrastructure that anchors this educational platform.

SRHR programme

Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights

The full RFLD SRHR / DSSR programme — policy advocacy, service-delivery partnerships, comprehensive sexuality education, and continental coordination on women's reproductive rights.

BRAVE flagship

Bodily Rights And Violence Eradication

RFLD's flagship programme on bodily autonomy, the eradication of gender-based violence, and the protection of women's physical integrity. Operational across 15+ countries.

Continental anchor

Maputo Protocol Hub

The continental human-rights anchor — Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Ratification tracker, indigenous-language translations, 70-question quiz.

FGM Campaign

Ending FGM & Harmful Practices

RFLD's continental campaign to end female genital mutilation and other harmful traditional practices — community-led abandonment, legislative reform, survivor support, and continental advocacy.

Engage with this work

Get in touch.

For partnerships on SRHR education, requests to translate or adapt the Hub for specific country contexts, content corrections, journalist enquiries, or to integrate the Hub's modules into school curricula or community programmes — please reach the appropriate channel below.

Programme partnership

Programmes team

programs@rflgd.org

Strategic partnership & funding

John Gbenagnon · Director of Strategy & Development

gbenagnon.john@rflgd.org

Press & journalist enquiries

Communications team

communications.info@rflgd.org

Content corrections & suggestions

Continental operations team

admin@rflgd.org