Thursday October 11 2012, The Beyond the Classroom Foundation and HACEY’s Health Initiative will celebrate the International Day of the Girl under the theme of ‘HEALTH, EMPOWERMENT, AND RIGHTS’ at the
Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos, Akoka. The reason for this theme is to
address important issues of discrimination against girls childreen in in the area of
equality in accessing health care, empowerment opportunities and basic
rights such as education, issues like of various forms of abuse of girl child will also be addressed in relation to the homes and the society.
A big weighted influence in this event is the UN; this will increase their efforts to further
raise awareness of girls’ rights and also shine a spotlight on areas where
those rights are routinely violated.
The Guest Speakers at the event include:
Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin – Foremost Human Right Activist and President, Campaign for Democracy
Pharmacist Bisi Bright – Executive Director, Live well Initiative
Mrs Detoun Ogwo – After Graduate Development Centre
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