IWD: Bauchi NAWOJ calls on women to bridge digital gender gap
Story from Beatrice EARLAND, Bauchi
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) in Bauchi has stressed the need for creating awareness about the digital gender divide among women.
The association chairperson, Rashida Yusuf who made the plea on the occasion of International Women Day, Wednesday, also spoke of advocacy for policies and legal frameworks to keep women and girls safe.
“Promote women’s participation in science, technology, and ICTs. Let us also work to ensure that women and girls are safe”, she stated.
Rashida Yusuf, therefore, urged stakeholders, state government, partners, civil society and citizens to support the gender-sensitive approach of the association to close the existing gender divide especially on health and education.
She commended the Bauchi State government for introducing policies and programmes aimed at improving the wellbeing of women in both rural and urban communities across the state.
“We must, therefore, do everything humanly possible to end this menace mainly impacting vulnerable women and girls, especially those in rural and remote areas with low education”.
Turning to area of reproductive health, the chairperson urged families across Bauchi State to prevent maternal mortality that has become frequent in some communities due to failure to attend hospitals during pregnancy.
