Under @GlobalSpotlight, 47 people living with disabilities in Nigeria attended the Champions Cohort workshops to increase knowledge on gender-based violence legal frameworks and advocacy strategies to eliminate violence against women & girls.
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...giving women and girls opportunity to have a say at the table, allowing flow of revenue across board and enabling all round development that moves to leave no one behind in decision making and advancement.
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It is important for us all to note that the sustainable development goal 5 (Gender Equality) was put in place to ensure that the barrier in the access to equal opportunities and resources is removed irrespective of gender lining and this benefits all, men and boys inclusive.
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According to UNICEF, gender equality is a concept that allows men and women, and boys and girls to have unrestricted access to same resources, opportunities, protections and rights. It is illogical to equate a being to another as not even a man is equal to another man.
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