In commemoration of the international day of the girl child, Nigerian government and society have been urged to desist gender-partisan dealings and embrace equality in opportunities. It hosted students, members of private and public institutions and parents at Queens College to mark the global day. HACEY’s Director of Gender Development Program, Ms Rhoda Robinson, said the major challenge of a Nigerian girl child was access to quality education and gender inequality in Nigeria. “The key to girls’ empowerment is to enable access to quality and continuous education, end violence and discrimination against women and girls,” Robinson said. While stating other societal issues that are detrimental of the girl child, she urged parents and guardians to stop the harmful practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2018 14:26 UTC