Events
Every 11th of October is observed as the International Day of the Girl, this is simply because girls are disadvantaged and are on daily basis deprived of their fundamental human rights.
In 2021, the Generation Equality Forum launched five-year commitments for bolder solutions to gender inequality – just as the world entered the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to UNICEF, while the pandemic has accelerated digital platforms for learning, earning, and connecting, some 2.2 billion people below the age of 25 still do not have internet access at home.
Girls are more likely to be cut off. The gender gap for global internet users grew from 11 percent in 2013 to 17 percent in 2019. In the world’s least developed countries, it hovers around 43 percent.
Globally, there are so many factors working against the girl child at the moment especially in the developing countries. Statistically, it is recorded that millions of illiterate girls who never enrolled in schools or dropped out of schools due to poverty, early marriage, and pregnancy have little hope to be part of the digital generation.
This year, the theme for the International Day of the Girl Child is “‘Digital Generation, Our Generation.”
EPF Nigeria, is restating her commitment towards ensuring that girls, especially in the rural communities in Nigeria can benefit from the technology revolution that has reshaped the life of every human.
As it is, only by addressing the inequity and exclusion that span geographies and generations can we usher in a digital revolution for all, with all.
