NGO Advocates Support For Girls’ Education

An NGO, Tabitha Cumi Foundation (TCF), has called on community leaders and parents to support education of girls. The Executive Director of TCF, Arc. Tayo Erinle, charged them to ensure all girls are enrolled and made to remain in school till they complete higher level education. Erinle spoke Friday in Abuja at a briefing in […]

An NGO, Tabitha Cumi Foundation (TCF), has called on community leaders and parents to support education of girls.

The Executive Director of TCF, Arc. Tayo Erinle, charged them to ensure all girls are enrolled and made to remain in school till they complete higher level education.

Erinle spoke Friday in Abuja at a briefing in commemoration of the 2023 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, with the theme: “UNITE! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls”.

She said this year, the organization had planned various activities for the upcoming 16 Days, including community dialogue visits, sensitisation sessions, advocacy visits, rallies, and social media campaigns.

These activities, according to her, are aimed at raising awareness of Gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response and also promote positive masculinity among men and boys.

She called for real action and demand for the following:

“Support women’s and girls’ economic empowerment including skilling GBV survivors on income-generating activities, provide start-up capital and promote appropriate technology in enterprise development.

“Encourage religious, cultural and political leaders to speak about preventing gender- based violence whenever given the opportunity in public gatherings and support survivors of GBV to prosecute justice.

“Educate parents to be conscious of the whereabouts and welfare of their children at the same time to share the gender roles among the children (both girls and boys equally at home) as this will reduce the gender gaps.

“Community leaders and parents should support girls’ education to ensure all girls are enrolled in school and remain in school till they complete higher level education.

“Effectively punish parents and teachers who sexually harass and abuse their children by revoking their teaching licenses.

“Teach girls and boys that women and girls have a right to live free from violence and access to opportunities.

“Increase financing of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Prevention and Response interventions, including the development of school code of conduct for both staff and students in schools and across all the non-formal centres (public and private centres) as well as allocation of specific resources linked to the achievement of the set outcomes.

“Government, Civil Society Organizations and the Private sector should scale up interventions for male engagement and involvement in GBV prevention and response.”