Kano to develop new women empowerment template

Kano State government said yesterday that it will organise a two-way dialogue forum targeted at Kano women in all professions aspart of efforts to address a wide range of issues affecting their development. Commissioner for Women Affairs, Zubaida Damakka Abubakar, said this at a press briefing in Kano, stressing that the forum which will be […]

Kano State government said yesterday that it will organise a two-way dialogue forum targeted at Kano women in all professions aspart of efforts to address a wide range of issues affecting their development.
Commissioner for Women Affairs, Zubaida Damakka Abubakar, said this at a press briefing in Kano, stressing that the forum which will be the first of an annual series with the theme ‘Sustainable empowerment and its key purpose’ will be declared open by the Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje on Tuesday.
She added that the dialogue would engender discussions that would assist in the identification of issues peculiar to women in the state, and proffer sustainable and impactful solutions to them with the hope of prioritising the delivery of those solutions.
Abubakar said the forum would focus on issues ranging from women empowerment in agriculture, vocational skills acquisition, and other SMEs, girl-child education, early marriage and women’s health among others.
The commissioner also stated that the expected outcome of the forum is a Women Development and Strategic Empowerment Framework (WODSEF)that will provide long-term template for sustainable empowerment.
“The forum will examine each of these key areas with a view to identify their current status; it will also examine solutions and approaches employed in the past. Similarly, it will also suggest ways of strengthening the existing approaches and solutions; identify existing gaps between needs and solutions,” the commissioner said.