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Day of the Girl 2019: Bayero varsity’s gender centre holds policy dialogue on equity, social inclusion
The Centre for Gender Studies (CGS) at Bayero University, Kano Monday held a one-day policy dialogue on the theme: ‘Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) policy as a safeguard for girls in Kano state,’ about a proposed GESI policy for Kano state, in commemoration of the 2019 International Day of…
Read More »UNICEF trains Kano youth advocates on mainstreaming SDGs in advocacy
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Kano State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Friday commenced 2-day training on mainstreaming of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in advocacy campaigns, for Kano youth advocates, a youth group focused on holding politicians accountable for their promises in respect to education.…
Read More »UNICEF: Empowering Nigerian girls for a brighter tomorrow
On the occasion of the celebration of the 2019 International Day of the Girl cum 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC@30), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) hosted series of activities aimed at building the leadership and entrepreneurial skills of girls as well as…
Read More »Experts, CSOs advocate for judicious utilization of Kano’s basic healthcare provision funds
Health experts and civil society organizations working under the Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health at Scale (PAS) project Monday called for proper utilization of the basic healthcare provision funds, provided for by the 2014 National Health Act (NHAct), in Kano state. The call was made by the…
Read More »dRPC disseminates learning from #Skill4Girls4Life project to stakeholders
The development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC) under the MacArthur Foundation-funded Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (PSIPSE) project, Monday held a dissemination workshop on the achievements, success stories and challenges of the PSIPSE project, for stakeholders and beneficiaries of the project from Kano and Jigawa states.…
Read More »WIBEF Summit: 10 days to go!
The maiden edition of the Women in Finance Network Summit (WIBEF Summit) being convened by the Nigeria chapter of the New Faces New Voices (NFNV), will be taking place exactly 10 days from today at NECA House in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. NFNV is one of the Pan-African women…
Read More »OP-ED: As the Nigerian executive drops the ball on the 2020 health budget; citizens, civic organisations appeal to NASS for reconsideration, By Judith Ann-Walker
As Nigeria sets its national priorities in the annual budget expenditure, for the fifth year in a row, the health sector is a low performer – a second-rate partner and bench-sitter on a losing B team The 2014 Budget for Jobs and Inclusive Growth and the 2015 Budget…
Read More »DAG trains Kano journalists on gender-sensitive political reporting
The Dispute Resolution and Development Initiative also known as Democratic Action Group (DAG), in collaboration with the National Democratic Institute (NDI), this week hosted a 2-day training for a select group of Kano journalists, producers and anchors of political programmes on gender-sensitive reporting. The objectives of the training was to…
Read More »Kano courts in appalling, dilapidated state, despite budgetary provisions
The Kano State Judiciary came into existence in 1968, after the creation of states out of the defunct Northern Region of Nigeria by the then Federal military administration of General Yakubu Gowon; before then the courts in Kano were under the judiciary of northern Nigeria. This report beams search light…
Read More »2020 budget: dRPC-PAS urges federal government to ensure timely release, proper utilization of health budget
The development Research and Projects Center (dRPC) under the Partnership for Advocacy on Child and Family Health (dRPC-PAS), a coalition of 23 Nigerian civil society organizations Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to prioritize budgetary increases, ensure timely releases and full utilization of budgetary allocations for capital expenditure of the…
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