A Global Media and Information Literacy Week from 24 to 31 October is due shortly. Nigeria will host and commemorate eleventh Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2022. That there is a week of discussion ahead is surprising and I flash back to my young days. When I was a young girl we sat very quietly
Reflections and Reactions As I prepare to leave office, after 4 years, looking back helps to move forward – advice from Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II. During my first year we were looking at projects through the lenses of Advocacy, Economic Empowerment, Education, Environment, Healthcare and Violence Against Women (VAW). At the same time the
When I was given this topic for my blog about 7 -8 months ago, I had no idea that this will become so meaningful and important for me and my country. It was always an important topic, and awareness about it was needed internationally – but that it will play in front of my eyes
On 15th September, International Day of Democracy is observed across the world. Ever since it was introduced by Cleisthenes in 5th century BC in Athens, Greece, common citizens, and kratos: power, rule) has always meant a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. We always assume that all of us know what Democracy stands
Mindset is defined as the established set of attitudes held by someone and has become an area of great discussion in recent times. There is a lot of literature on not only defining mindset, but also on the concept of having a mindset of growth and ways in which this can be developed. The idea
Dear Members I hope you have all enjoyed your summer break and remained safe and well. The weather has been glorious but brought its own problems with the shortage of water, closely followed by thunderstorms which caused flash flooding. Now as we approach the autumn equinox on 23 September, there is an autumnal feel in
This day was designated in memory of the 19 August 2003 bomb attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq, which killed twenty-two people, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. In 2009, the UN General Assembly formalised the day as ‘World Humanitarian Day’ to raise awareness of
Dear Members I am sure you will all want to join me in congratulating the Lionesses on their magnificent European Championship victory on 31 July. The England Women’s squad is now calling on Government to ensure all schoolgirls are given equal access to football training in PE lessons and for it to become part of
We have all, wherever we live, experienced the effects of climate change in recent months. This, together with other global issues such as conflict (e.g. Ukraine, Syria, Yemen), Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and other gender inequalities (e.g. widowhood) simply make our purpose of helping women and girls be the best they can be
What – a blog on the Memorial Day of a man by a women’s organisation? Why, you may ask like me. I had read Nelson Mandela’s autobiography about his formidable and impressive fight for freedom of oppression, “The Long Walk to Freedom”, 751 pages worth reading, and I turned back to it for clues. No
