Commission on the Status of Women CSW66 2022
Commission on the Status of Women CSW66 2022 March 14-25 United Nations New York.
ElectHer Consultative Forum
ElectHer Consultative Forum Tuesday 20th October 2020, working towards women representation in governance and politics.
Ismor Magoro Foundation was out giving out palliatives
Ismor Magoro Foundation was out giving out palliatives to women in need and people with disabilities yesterday 25th and today 26th July in different parts of Abuja. Why not join us and donate.
International Women’s Day
One of my best event on International Women’s Day was the Women In Politics event where mentoring for young ladies was done. I had a little talk and word of encouragement and chaired a session. A big well done to Barr Ebere and all those who supported. Very busy day but was worth it all.
CSW62 UN New York 2018
CSW62 UN New York 2018. Some discussions and presentations. 1. Digital Gender Violence and hate speech. 2. Ending all Violence against ALL women. 3. Addressing sexism 4. Empowering women and promoting gender justice in the Muslim world.5. Harnessing the SDGs to secure women’s rights to land.
International Women’s Day
The International Women’s Day was a beehive of activities one of which was organized by the National Center for Women’s Development NCWD, office of the Wife of the President and National Council of Women’s Societies. There were lots of discussions during which I presented the document on the stand of Nigerian Women Agenda towards Restructuring. The document was launched by Her Excellency the wife of the President.
8 govs’ wives to receive awards
The committee of the Most Valuable Governor’s wife Award (MVGWA) is set to present awards to wives of eight state governors who have made positive impacts through their pet projects.
While briefing newsmen yesterday during a press conference in Abuja, the Chairperson of the group, Dr. Bilkisu Magoro(Founder of Ismor Mogoro Foundation) said the award which is scheduled for February 2017, with the theme; “The role of the governors wives NGOs in helping the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nigeria” is designed to lead a new phenomenon in the assessment and recognition of the governor’s wives’ achievements.
The awardees are wives of Anambra state governor, Ebelechukwu Obiano Bauchi, Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar, Bayelsa , Mrs. Rachael Dickson and Kebbi, Zainab Bagudu. Others are; Nasarawa, Hajiya Mairo Al- Makura, Niger, Dr. Amina Bello, Lagos, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode and Oyo, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi.
340 women train on shea butter production in Katsina
Three hundred and forty women from the 34 council areas of Katsina State have commenced training on the production of shea butter.
The training, which is aimed at exploring the potentials of shea butter and it’s economic benefits, is sponsored by the Katsina State Department of Economic Development in collaboration with Global Shea Alliance. Speaking to participants during the train-the-trainers workshop, Special Adviser to Governor Ibrahim Shema on Economic Affairs, Dr Garba Shehu Matazu, said participants will be equipped to train others in their respective localities and necessary attention will be accorded to Shea butter production in the state.
He said: “We hope to expose these women to different skills of using Shea butter to produce household products and in so doing, improve their economic status while exposing investment opportunities of our state to the world.”
Representative of the Global Shea Alliance, Bilkisu Magoro, regretted that the potentials of the product are poorly explored in Nigeria. Magoro said the exercise will expose women to various economic empowerment opportunities.
37TH LWT COLLOQUIUM
The Centre for Values in Leadership specially invites you to the 37th CVL Leader Without Title Leadership Tribute Colloquium in honour of Prof Ben Nwabueze @ 86 and Chief Richard Akinjide @ 85. Both honourees made their contributions in the Nigerian Legal profession.
The theme of this colloquium is: Political and Economic Restructuring of Nigeria for Higher Performance. The proposed panel of discussants include:
- Dr. Biodun Adedipe (Chief Consultant, B. Adedipe Associates Limited)
- Akin Oyebode (Faculty of Law, University of Lagos).
- Dr. Bilkisu Magoro (Founder, Ismor Magoro Foundation)
- Chief Olu Falae (Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation)
- Chief Ayo Adebanjo (Nationalist and Elder statesman)
The event has been scheduled as follows:
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2017
Time: 11am
Venue: Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA), 13/15 Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
EMPOWERING INDIGENOUS AFRICAN WOMEN TO COMBAT CERVICAL AND BREAST CANCER
The Access to Basic Care medical foundation of the wife of the Oyo state governor H. E. Mrs Florence Ajimobi yesterday the 22nd March 2017 had a side event as part of the ongoing annual commission on the state of women 61st session in New York. The theme of the session was: Empowering Indigenous African Women to combat cervical and breast cancer. Medicaid Cancer Foundation was represented by Dr Bilkisu Magoro.
The session sought to find ways of carrying out the empowerment of indigenous women in the African setting to confront cases of breast and cervical cancer. The focus was on early detection as a way of reducing mortality rates of the disease.
One of the speakers Dr Sola Oriniowo said “1/2 the women in Africa do not know about breast and cervical cancer, even though 85% of the cases occurs in developing countries and 90% of girls do not have access to the HPV vaccine. Another expert, Dr. Alaa Murabit said ” there is no substitute for education in improving health seeking behaviour of African women and their economic empowerment is vital”.
Her Excellency Mrs Florence Ajimobi Founder of ABC called on international partners to work together with not so lucky ones in identifying women who are most at risk and focus limited resources on them.
Medicaid Cancer Foundation has so far screened over 15,000 women free for breast and cervical cancer. It works with partners such as ABC to spread the early detection message to women across Nigeria.
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