UNICEF, the UK, and others re-affirm commitments to protect girls’ rights
International Day of the Girl Child, the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and the United Kingdom, UK, among other development partners have reaffirmed their commitments to help girls realise their potential.
Speaking variously on Wednesday, at the International Day of the Girl 2023 Forum in Abuja, they insisted that adolescent girls should face no constraints on realising their full potential.
To this end, they called on governments and partners to design programmes that would not only protect girls’ rights but also ensure that they fulfil their dreams.
The event was marked with the theme: ‘Invest in Girls’ Rights: Our Leadership, Our Wellbeing”
Speaking at the well-attended event held at the British High Commissioner’s Residence in Abuja which drew the participation of some schools in the nation’s federal capital city, UNICEF Deputy Representative, Dr Rownak Khan, emphasized the need for commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs on strengthening sound policies and enforceable legislation for the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls at all levels
All around the world, children have lost their learning abilities, and enrollment and are going through a learning crisis. So let us again, reconfirm our commitments to the achievement of the SDGs.
What the government and partners can think about is designing all the programmes for girls and keeping girls’ rights at the centre of the programme, because we cannot design any programme without having the participation of the girls and without girls’ involvement. I
There are communities where girls are not going to school for many reasons, one of which is economic reasons. They end up getting married at very early ages and then become mothers.
