UNITED NATIONS CAUTIONS NIGERIAN PARENTS AGAINST GENDER DISCRIMINATION
Hear him further, “promotion of gender equality should start from the family level. When parents think equal, boys and girls in the family would have equal opportunities to succeed in life’.
The National Information Officer while speaking on the 2019 Women’s Day theme: Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change, further called on parents to encourage their daughters to pursue a career in innovation and technology to bridge a growing gender digital gap in which women are under-represented in the field of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and design, noting that, “science and technology field is not exclusive to men”.
Penpushing further reports that Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Dr. Lola Akande, in her remark, acknowledged the relevance of the 2019 Women’s Day theme to the activities of WAPA, especially as related to women empowerment.
The Commissioner who was represented by Mrs N. O. Goodluck, urged the women to network for business and avail themselves of opportunities offered by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
Penpushing also reports that, the Founder of Luciano Global Development Initiative (LGDI), Ms Lucy Olaniyi, called for more active involvement of women and girls in innovation to remove barriers and accelerate progress towards addressing the gender digital divide.
The Founder of Hope Rising Foundation, Tayo Adigun, while addressing the participants on the importance of digital device enjoined the women to use social media for business development instead of restricting their activities to social chatting only, stating that, “create a strong marketing force for yourself on the social media’.
