A Raising Girls initiative

She Will Not Have to Figure It Out Alone.

EquipHer is a 52-week mother-daughter programme that gives your daughter the relationship wisdom, language, and discernment she needs — before she needs it.

Built by Irene Bangwell | @raisinggirls.ng — for Christian families who want to do more than say "be careful."

About the programme

What Is EquipHer?

Most daughters leave home knowing they should "be godly." Very few leave knowing what to look for, what to listen for, or what to walk away from.

EquipHer closes that gap.

It is a 52-week guided learning experience for mothers and their daughters — working together, one week at a time, through the conversations most families never have. Every week includes a short teaching video, a reading note, and a structured reflection task that mother and daughter complete side by side.

The programme covers
Identity and self-worth before dating begins
The Relationship Funnel — a practical framework for evaluating character before feelings take over
Red flags, green flags, and how to tell the difference
Relational wisdom drawn from faith, psychology, and real data from married couples
Faith and spiritual discernment in dating
The mother’s role — how to be the voice she runs toward, not the punishment she fears
Who It Is For

EquipHer is for mothers (and fathers, grandparents, aunties, mentors) of girls aged 15–21 who want to give their daughter a solid foundation — not just warnings, but tools.

What Makes It Different

This is not a purity talk. It is not a lecture series. It is a guided conversation system that builds, week by week, until your daughter has a framework she can actually use — in real situations, with real people, without losing herself in the process.

Coach Irene Bangwell
Meet Coach Irene

The Woman Behind This Work

I am Irene Bangwell — educator, curriculum designer, Bible teacher, and mother.

I built EquipHer because I kept seeing the same pattern: girls who left home godly and naive. Daughters who knew how to pray but did not know what to look for. Mothers who loved their daughters deeply but did not know how to start the conversation.

Nobody told us. So we invented. And we dated our inventions.

I have spent over a decade building tools for families — through Raising Girls NG, through my Ready 2 Date book series, through one-on-one coaching and community teaching. EquipHer is where all of that work comes together: a programme rooted in scripture, informed by research, and built for the real world your daughter is navigating.

I believe your daughter deserves more than "be careful." She deserves a map.

Founder, Raising Girls NG | Author, Ready 2 Date series | Curriculum designer | Online safety facilitator, Nigerian Communications Commission

What you get

A full year, week by week

This is not a book club. This is not a worksheet. This is a full year of structured preparation — delivered week by week, so neither of you has to carry it alone.

A weekly video lesson

Every week, one full video lesson of 10 to 15 minutes. Long enough to go deep, short enough to watch together. Each covers one topic, one truth and one clear application.

Task Notes

Practical, guided action steps so your daughter knows exactly what to do before the next session.

Reading Notes

Reflective content that goes deeper than the video. Your daughter reads, sits with it, and comes back ready to talk.

Mother’s Lens

An introductory series just for mothers, on your own login, before you and your daughter begin the weekly lessons together. Because your perspective matters. Because you are not just a delivery mechanism — you are a model.

Module themes
A — Know Yourself (Weeks 1–13)
B — Relationships and Boundaries (Weeks 14–26)
C — What Love Actually Looks Like (Weeks 27–39)
D–G — Identity, Purpose, Culture, and Faith (Weeks 40–52)
The Private EquipHer Community

You and your daughter join a space with other mothers and daughters on the same journey. Real conversations, real encouragement, real accountability.

Live Touchpoints

Periodic group sessions with Coach Irene throughout the year to answer questions, deepen learning, and celebrate milestones.

On our own platform
Mother and daughter each get their own login. Every weekly lesson is shared: you watch it and talk it through together. Mothers also get Mother's Lens, a short introductory series just for you.

This programme was designed to be completed together. You walk through it with her — week by week, conversation by conversation — until she is ready.

See one week

Watch a free lesson first

This is exactly what one week looks like: the video lesson you watch together, and the Task Note and Reading Note that go with it. Plus a first look at Mother's Lens, the introductory series for mothers.

Her lesson · Do You Know Who You Are? The Self-Awareness Test
Mother's Lens · introductory series for mothers
Today's Declaration
Speak this out loud before you watch:
"I am fearfully and wonderfully made. My identity is rooted in Christ, not in any relationship or anyone's approval."
Task Note
Self-portrait exercise: describe your values, fears, strengths, and non-negotiables in writing. Share one with your parent.
Take your time with this. The work is in the doing, not just the watching.
Reading Note
Do You Know Who You Are? The Self-Awareness Test
Before we talk about any boy, any relationship, any decision — we are going to talk about you. Because everything you will encounter in a relationship will be filtered through what you know about yourself. And right now, that filter needs building.
Not sure about the full programme yet?

Start with the books

The ideas behind EquipHer, in book form. A simple, low-risk way to begin the conversation at home.

Ages 14–17
Ready 2 Date
For younger teens: this is not the season, here is why, and here is what to build instead.
E-book ₦5,500 · Hard copy ₦8,000
18 and up
Ready 2 Date
For young women: character before feelings, and how to tell the difference.
E-book ₦5,500 · Hard copy ₦8,000
For mothers
Preparing Your Daughter to Date
How to be the voice she runs toward, before she needs it.
E-book ₦5,500 · Hard copy ₦8,000
1 · Pay
Providus Bank · Parenting Champions with Irene Bangwell · 1305978320
2 · Fill the form
Your name, email, WhatsApp number, the book(s) and amount paid.
Open the book order form
3 · Send proof
WhatsApp your proof of payment to the Community Manager on +234 808 520 2564
4 · Get your books
The Community Manager emails your books to you.

What Mothers Are Saying

EquipHer is our brand new programme, relaunching with its first cohort in November 2026. We will share testimonials as soon as they become available.

Every girl deserves a mother who says more than “be careful.”

You can’t go back and prepare her for what has already happened. But you can start now, before the next door opens and before she makes a decision she cannot unmake. Give her words, a framework and a mother who has already walked the road with her.

One year. Fifty-two weeks. One conversation at a time.

That is all this asks of you.

Enrol in EquipHer₦103,750
Fastest: pay online with Paystack below and your access switches on straight away.
Or 1. Pay by bank transfer: Providus Bank · Parenting Champions with Irene Bangwell · 1305978320
2. Send your proof of payment on WhatsApp to the EquipHer Community Manager: +234 808 520 2564
3. She sets up your login and your daughter's, and welcomes you into the community.
Pay online now with Paystack →Got questions? Chat with the Community Manager on WhatsApp +234 808 520 2564

EquipHer is a commitment. It asks for your time, your presence, and your honesty. If you're ready to give your daughter that — she is ready to receive it.

What enrolment includes
52 weekly video lessons, 10–15 minutes each
Task Notes for every week
Reading Notes (Weeks 1–52)
Mother’s Lens: an introductory series for mothers
Separate logins for mother and daughter on our platform
Access to the private EquipHer mother-daughter community
Live touchpoints with Coach Irene throughout the year