President Bola Tinubu has been urged to prioritize insurance policies that promote the protection of ladies.
HACEY Well being Initiative, a nonprofit group, made the decision on Saturday.
The group additionally urged Tinubu to deal with problems with discrimination, violence or abuse, and lack of entry to training, which might forestall Nigerian feminine youngsters from reaching their full potential.
The group additionally known as on state and federal governments to make sure entry to high quality training for ladies and take away any blockage that might hinder their enrollment or continuation at school.
The Program Supervisor of the group, Oluwatomi Olunuga, made the decision on Saturday throughout the three-day 2023 Fellowship Program of Platform for Amplifying the Voice and Empowerment of Women' Undertaking, held in Magada in Obafemi/Owode Native Authorities Space of Ogun State.
The challenge, which is supported by Empower, UK, concerned greater than 100 feminine members aged between 12 and 18.
Olunuga additionally charged the federal government to implement complete well being care packages that handle the precise well being wants of ladies, together with reproductive well being and psychological well-being.
She known as for the introduction of initiatives and packages to economically empower ladies by abilities coaching, vocational packages and help for entrepreneurship.
Olunuga described the challenge as a girl-focused, community-based Secure Area program that helps teenage ladies with life-saving data, companies and assets in well being, finance and life abilities, and supplies them with a chance and platform to precise themselves, be taught, and construct their capability to guide.
“The PAVE challenge supplies a secure house the place ladies can find out about sexual well being, psychological well being and profession improvement and obtain mentoring and referrals for additional help.”
“They may have entry to assets, data and instruments to construct their capability and company to make knowledgeable selections,” Olunuga mentioned.
The PAVE challenge is being carried out in Lagos and Ogun states.
“Our general intention is to help 2,000 school-going and out-of-school ladies aged 12 to 19 years to achieve their full potential by supporting them and equipping them with the information, abilities and confidence to make knowledgeable selections about their well being. finance and private improvement.”
“On the finish of the challenge, we need to make sure that younger ladies have improved psychological and bodily well-being, are capable of make knowledgeable monetary selections, have higher entry to life abilities, vocational coaching and mentorship, and might simply entry constructive abilities. girl-oriented social networks.”
Olunuga mentioned authorities should additionally strengthen measures to make sure the protection and safety of ladies, each in public areas and of their houses, and fight any type of abuse or violence towards ladies.
