UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has reaffirmed the importance of gender equality in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Speaking at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday, Mohammed stated that the world would miss the goals without women empowerment and equal opportunities for them in decision making. The UN deputy chief spoke […]
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It will take 170 years to achieve economic equality between women and men, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has said. Mohammed, in her message to the Youth Forum of the Commission on the Status of Women, ahead of the International Commission on the Status of Women, said women and girls were being forced […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos chapter of the #BringBackOurGirls group has condemned Dino Melaye for his threat to “beat up and impregnate” his counterpart, Oluremi Tinubu, during a disagreement in a closed-door session held by the senators.In a statement jointly signed by Yemisi Ransome-Kuti, Aisha Oyebode, Ayo Obe, and Habiba Balogun, on Wednesday, the group described Mr. Melaye’s […]
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