The Federal Ministry of Education has unveiled “Luminah 2030 Initiative”, aimed at tackling gender disparities in education, empowering women and girls and driving sustainable development across Nigeria. The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, at the inaugural technical committee meeting with state commissioners of education in Abuja on Tuesday, said the initiative would…
The Ondo State Government says no fewer than 321,008 girls have been vaccinated against human papilloma virus ( HPV) in the state. The Special Adviser on Health Matters to the Governor, Prof. Simidele Odimayo, stated this at the launch of the Oya Campaign on HPV Vaccination and Adolescent Nutrition on Wednesday in Akure. The News…
Mr Sunday Oyinloye, Publisher of Green Savannah Diplomatic Cable, has called on the Federal Government and other stakeholders to take decisive action against the rising incidents of ritual killings of girls across the nation. Oyinloye made the appeal on Tuesday in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in response to the…
The Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), has called for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to ensure the smooth implementation of the AGILE project in Kogi. Dr Bello Abdulhakeem, the state Coordinator of AGILE project, made the call at a sensitisation and stakeholders’ engagement programme on Tuesday in Lokoja. Abdulhakeem said that AGILE, a…
Taliban’s acting deputy foreign minister called on his senior leadership to open schools for Afghan girls, amid the strongest public rebukes of the policy Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, who previously led a team of negotiators at the Taliban’s political office in Doha before U.S. forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021, said in a speech at…
Globally, 85,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2023, with 60 per cent of the homicides committed by intimate partners or other family members, UN Women has said. In a statement on Monday, UN Women said that 140 women and girls died daily in the hands of their partners or close relatives. This means…
A staggering two billion women and girls worldwide are without access to any form of social protection, according to a report released by UN Women. The report, “World survey on the role of women in development 2024”, reveals a widening gender gap in social protection and the raft of policies. It also includes cash benefits,…
