Recently, the world gathered to celebrate this year’s International Day of the Girl Child with lots of fanfare, with the protection of girl child in the societal arena, still of major concern to the international community. Indeed, the International Day of the Girl Child was approved and has been celebrated by the United Nations since 2012. Amidst the theme for this year’s celebration: ‘Invest in Girls Rights: Our leadership, Our well-being’, Nigeria was not left alone as government, organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGO) and others came out en masse to stand tall for girl children in Nigeria.
In particular, one of the NGOs that celebrated this year’s International Girl Child Day was Brimminds Foundation, who partnered with International Association of World Peace Advocates (IAWPA), an arm of the United Nations, bringing together about eight different participating schools under one umbrella, with the focus being given the Nigerian girl child the desired freedom to become whatever she desires to be and realizes her dream as a winner. Speaking at a one-day International Girl Child Day conference in Lagos, recently, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Brimminds Foundation, Evang. Ambassador (Mrs) Doreen Onyemachi, the Chief Convener of this year’s International Girl Child Day event, explained that there were still lots of stigmas and segregation happening towards female children in Nigeria and around the world.
She emphasised on the need for the govern.