Deadline: August 7, 2017 Date: August 16, 2017 ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs) The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which came into effect on 1 January 2016 is a landmark blueprint developed by countries of the world for a better future. The aim of the goals is to bring to an
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Nigeria and the Dangers of a Monolithic Economy
“Gender mainstreaming critical for the success of SDGs in Nigeria”
Tina Balewa is the executive director of Ziongate Empowerment Initiative for the Less Privileged (ZEIP) a grassroots civic organization working around gender mainstreaming and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria. Here, she speaks about her organization’s #Women2030 project which seeks to ensure women play important roles in combating climate
@NGYouthSDGs: NextGen Africa hosts pre-summit high-level stakeholders’ forum in Abuja
NextGen Africa Initiative, organizers of the first-ever Nigerian Youth SDGs Summit scheduled for August 2017 in Lagos is set to host a high-level pre-summit stakeholders forum in Abuja on Monday, says Joshua Alade, convener of the summit. The Nigerian Youth SDGs Summit aims to build a common understanding of the transformational
2017 FP Summit: Kano, development partners host satellite event on child spacing
As part of satellite activities leading to the 2017 Global Family Planning Summit scheduled for July 11 in London, the Kano state government and international development partners working in the state Friday hosted a roundtable discussion on child birth spacing (CBS) with stakeholders including traditional and religious leaders as well
Boosting youth political participation through democracy peer education
The Organization for Community Civic Engagement’s three-day democracy peer education training drew youth democracy activists from across Nigeria’s northwest region As part of its work on strengthening the capacity of Nigerian youth to engage with political actors and promote public accountability in northern Nigeria, the Organization for Community Civic Engagement (OCCEN)
“How CCCPA is using Islamic Shariah to prevent violent extremism in Africa”
Ashraf Swelam is director general of the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution and Peacekeeping in Africa (CCCPA). Here, he speaks about the Centre’s Preventing Radicalisation and Extremism Leading to Terrorism (PRELT) project in Nigeria and Somalia CCCPA uses Islamic Shariah to provide alternative narrative to the narratives of terrorists groups
2017 Day of the African Child: UNICEF launches Girls for Girls (G4G) initiative in Nigeria
As Africa celebrates the Day of the African Child today, UNICEF in partnership with Nigeria’s education ministry, has launched the Girls for Girls (G4G) initiative, which empowers girls with information and knowledge to help build their capacity to stand up for themselves aimed at creating equal opportunities for girls to
The pains of pregnant mothers in rural northern Nigeria
Northern Nigeria accounts for a huge percentage of women dying of pregnancy-and-childbirth-related complications in Nigeria, whereas the national maternal mortality ratio for Nigeria is put at 576 deaths per 100,000 live births, maternal deaths for the northeastern and northwestern sub-regions are as high as 1549 and 1024, respectively. Twenty-five year old
“Social media an imperative for achieving open governance”
The social media has been described as an imperative for achieving transparency and accountability in governance towards open governance. This assertion was made by Chioma Agwuegbo, a social media expert and program manager at the West Africa hub of Reboot, a social impact firm dedicated to inclusive development and accountable
