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From Scholastica Hir, Makurdi
On the International Day of the Girl (IDG) 2024, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) Nigeria, has advocated comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and supportive policies around Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
The Country Programme Director, AHF Nigeria, Dr. Echey Ijezie, also emphasised the need to expand girls’ access to education and economic empowerment, while ensuring that they have a voice at the table where decisions about their wellbeing are taken. Ijezie, also said: “The unique way to empower our girls, today, is for us as a people to commit to breaking down gender stereotypes, which drives the violence women and girls go through in our society.
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“For a start, we must ensure we expand the access that girls have to education, provide comprehensive healthcare, empower them economically, and ensure that girls have a voice and a seat at the table where decisions about their wellbeing are being made.”
A statement made available to newsmen in Makurdi by the Advocacy and Marketing Manager of AHF, Steve Aborishade, said a special event would be held at Keffi, Nasarawa State on Monday, October 14, 2024, to amplify the voices and visions of girls and young women.
He stated that in Abuja and Benue, AHF Girls Act members would be involved in community advocacies to commemorate the day of the girl, and would host a virtual session to look at the challenges facing girls, with a dedicated podcast to review the issues.
