Gender Advocacy: Nigerian Army Holds Workshop In Sokoto

 

The Nigerian Army(NA) in collaboration with British Defence Section, West Africa on Monday began a four-day advocacy on Gender Mainstreaming at the 8 Division Area of Responsibility, Sokoto.

The workshop which is tagged “Gender mainstreaming for enhanced professionalism in the NA”, organised by the Department of Civil-Military Affairs will last between 16 -18 January, 2022.

The workshop was declared opened by the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj Gen Uwem Bassey, who was represented by Brigadier General Mohammed Abdullahi, Chief of Staff, Headquarters 8 Division.

The workshop, according to him, seeks to build the requisite capacity of officers and men of the NA, particularly as assigned missions within the joint environment, adding that it is becoming complex, increasingly expanding and dynamic in the areas of gender mainstreaming, lnternational Humanitarian Law and Fundamentals Human Rights.
The first phase of the workshop was conducted in some selected formations across the NA. The second phase has been approved with Sokoto as the focal start point.

Participants were drawn from security and para-military agencies, Civil Society Organisations, Humanitarian Agencies and other critical stakeholders.