Except for when the camera generally sweeps through the
Federal Executive Council seating, you hardly see or hear from Hajiya Zainab
Maina, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development. That is, until she
was recently reported by Daily Trust as saying that ‘the YouWin program is
aimed at facilitating women’s transition from informal to formal sector of
economic development’. (Thank God it’s that simple!) But perhaps not so, and
Honourable Minister underestimates the daily challenges being faced by women
and girls across the country and needs reminding why empowering 6,000 (or
1,200?) out of 80 million women, 54 million of whom are rural and mired in
backbreaking and unskilled labour should not presuppose an automatic
facilitation of transition to formal sector of economic development.
Showing posts with label SDGs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SDGs. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Youth Meet-Up on MDGs & SDGs in Nigeria #EducationFirst
EDUCATION IN CRISIS AND THE POST-2015 FRAMEWORK
#EducationFirst #yahuzameetup
On June 22, 2012, at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20),
governments of countries agreed on a Future We Want outcome document which includes
commitments to certain sustainable development goals. However, how ambitious
these commitments are still remains a point of arguments amongst concerned
parties, and as we approach the post-2015 era we hope to amplify the voices of
people directly affected by poverty, injustice and their perspectives on a
future global post-2015 framework.
The role that quality education
(one of the SDGs, paragraph 229) plays in development emphasizes its capacity
to reverse the rate of poverty in Nigeria, while in recent years key correlates
of fragility in Nigeria include education.
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