Tag Archives: Girl-Child

Nigeria’s Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC), led by Dr Ayoade O. Alakija hosted a "Girl Child: Nurturing Our Women, Nigeria's Own Wealth", on 2-3 February 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria.

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Serene Early-Trobb Concepts, a nonprofit and non-governmental organisation poised towards girl-child empowerment has recently embarked on Pad A Girl campaign for secondary school girls distributing free sanitary pads.

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Executive Director of the Centre for Chidren’s Health Education Orintation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), Betty Abah has said that the world holds it a duty to celebrate the girl child because she is endangered and can easily be damaged.

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Wife of Nigeria’s Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, has urged women to instill right conducts in their wards to transform the children into greatness and create a safe and secure society. Mrs. Osinbajo said this at the opening ceremony of the 17th National Women Conference organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), today in Lagos, with …

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This is a pathetic story of Mr. Nwokoma Donald, a young Nigerian parent who is being hounded by his extended family for refusing to allow the circumcision of his daughter, an act that defies age-long tradition of the south-eastern part of the country. As narrated by Yusuf Odaudu from Lagos. Excerpts: I heard strange noise coming from his apartment at …

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The last few years in Nigeria have seen series of happenings in connection with  the female gender, especially the girl child. Consequently, they have revealed the girl child as a possible endangered species in the country and of course, sub Saharan Africa, where the list of factors affecting the development of the girl child seem to be elongating by the day. …

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