{"id":1810341,"date":"2021-05-12T11:02:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/?p=1810341"},"modified":"2021-05-12T11:02:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T11:02:21","slug":"delta-partners-unesco-to-give-women-girl-child-empowerment-priority-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advocate.ng\/delta-partners-unesco-to-give-women-girl-child-empowerment-priority-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta partners UNESCO to give women, girl-child empowerment\u00a0priority attention"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Unue Emeka,—————<\/p>\n
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, said his administration will partner United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)\u00a0to give priority attention to programmes and projects that would empower the girl-child and women.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Governor Okowa stated this when he received UNESCO\u2019s Multi-sectoral Regional Officer, Mr Lamine Sow, and his delegation at Government House, Asaba.<\/p>\n He remarked that the girl-child and women were relevant in every society and thanked UNESCO for considering Delta as one of the states to benefit from its women and girls development program.<\/p>\n He said that the state government would\u00a0ensure that the programme was successful in the state.<\/p>\n According to the governor, Third World countries are always confronted with the challenge of relegating women to the background and I am confident that the move by UNESCO will reverse the ugly trend.<\/p>\n He said that a lot of programmes have been initiated by his administration towards empowerment and economic emancipation of women and the girl-child, coupled with the creation of the Girl Child Development Office in the state.<\/p>\n He advocated for concerted efforts aimed at giving women and the girl-child opportunity to realise their potential in society, stressing that any investment in the lives of women had the tendency to affect society positively.<\/p>\n “Let me thank you for considering Delta as one of the three states currently involved in the project implementation and it is important to us because of the huge role women and the girl-child usually play in the family.<\/p>\n “I am glad that out of 36 states in the country we are among the three participating and what makes it more imperative for us is that you actually picked a segment of the society that is more oppressed.<\/p>\n