Buckwyld Media Network, in collaboration with Entertainment & Creative Partners (ECP), has unveiled a new advocacy campaign, Educate 2 Empower (E2E), to confront Nigeria’s girl-child education crisis. At the heart of the initiative is a documentary titled Adda: Empowered by Education, which tells the story of Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, Nigeria’s first female President of the
Dr. Oludare Ogunyombo, a lecturer at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, has called on government, community leaders, religious leaders, and parents to prioritise the education of the girl-child and instil in her the values that shape responsible womanhood. Ogunyombo stated this at the launch of a book titled Global Millennium Women, authored by
A Bauchi-based civil society organisation, the Young Leaders Network, in partnership with the Malala Fund, has organised a Bi-annual Stakeholders’ Forum in support of the girl-child education under the Strengthening Advocacy for Girls’ Education (SAGE) Project. The groups at a forum emphasised that the girl-child education faces challenges, and these challenges can only be collectively
The Katsina State Government has returned 42,781 out-of-school girls to classrooms, leveraging the World Bank-supported Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) to bridge the gender gap in education. The state coordinator of the project, Mustapha Shehu, disclosed this on Tuesday during a one-day community sensitisation campaign held in Katsina. The campaign, themed “Strengthening
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has urged stakeholders to engage with policymakers to make Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education accessible to the girl-child. Dr Adebisi Osim, APWEN President, gave this remark while celebrating the International Day of Women in Engineering (INWED) organised by the association. Osim referenced a report
