#ENDFGM SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ZERO TOLERANCE FOR FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION #FGM

According to the United Nations, “Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) comprises of all procedures that involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons and is recognized internationally as a violation of human rights of girls and women”.

This practice shows inequality between the sexes, it is an extreme form of discrimination against women and girls. “it violates their right to health, security and physical integrity, right to be free from torture and cruelty, inhuman and degrading treatment, and can lead to death.

Women Deliver Diabetes in Pregnancy Photo Contest 2018

*Deadline: January 17, 2018* 

Women Deliver is inviting photo entries for their Diabetes in Pregnancy

Photo Contest 2018. Together with the World Diabetes Foundation, Women

Deliver seeks to elevate the issue of gestational diabetes. Diabetes

triggered by pregnancy affects 1 in 7 births — and the vast majority of

women affected live in low-and middle-income countries. Women with

unmanaged diabetes in pregnancy run a higher risk of having infants with

excessive birth weight, or macrosomia, which can lead to complications

such as obstructed labor and an increased risk for maternal and newborn

death and disabilities.

THE THIN LINE BETWEEN EQUALITY AND EQUITY

The anthem today in many advocacy groups, non-aligned organisations, the public sector, well literary everywhere is this,’ Let us have Gender equality’. For this reason, we equally see the rise of many feminist groups that seek to promote the rights and interests of women, who for decades have been regarded as seemingly inferior, marginalised and even disregarded.

SUPPORTING RURAL WOMEN’S ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL FINANCE IN NIGERIA

The Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN, 2014), defined agricultural financing as promoting the development of the agricultural sector of the economy by providing credit facilities to household, small and medium scale farmers” (Nigerian Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme,2014 ). It can be in form of liquid cash or farm inputs; fertilizers, seed/seedlings, breeder stocks, feeds, farm equipment and Machinery.

According to Agriculture for Impact, (2017) Agricultural finance is the provision of multiple types of services dedicated to supporting both on- and off-farm agricultural activities and businesses including input provision, production, and distribution, wholesale, processing and marketing.

Poverty and Gender mainstreaming in Nigeria

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), poverty is defined as follows:

 “Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Or live below $2 dollars per day.”