UN Women Seek Support for Girl-Child Education

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UN Women Seek Support for Girl-Child Education

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The United Nations (UN) Women, on Thursday, called on the Nigerian government to develop programmes that encourage education of the girl child. Mr Desmond Osemhenjie, who is the Programme Officer, told newsmen in Abuja that lack of quality education and poor funding had dampened the advancement of the girl child. Osemhenjie explained that a large number of girls were being enrolled in schools but dropped out owing to challenges of family finances and economic empowerment. He reiterated; “We also need to have special programmes to attract girls, not only attract them but also make them stay in school throughout the process; which is retention of girls in school. “We discover that at the early stage, many girls are being enrolled in schools, but along the way in the tertiary level, you see that they are dropping out because of economic reasons. “There is the need to take care of family for those already in the family way which sometimes falls on the women than the men. “The government needs to come in and improve the incentive.” The Programme Officer also said the UN Women had designed some initiatives to encourage the participation of women in all spheres of life. “We have designed initiatives to make sure that women take active roles in their empowerment and ensure that they are given the opportunity to openly demand for their rightful position. “Stepping it up for women will come up in different strategies, holistic strategy, both economic empowerments and leadership roles. “It will also encourage women in governance, women in peace mediation and ensure that all the programmes introduced to help women will help them get empowered,” Osemhenjie reiterated. He urged Nigeria and other African countries lagging in gender equality to derive lessons from Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and South Africa in women empowerment. Â 

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