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Invest in women and girls in science AASU to African governments LISTEN
FEB 11, 2021
The All-Africa Students Union has joined calls by global governing body United Nations and others like UNESCO to celebrate women and girls in Science and to demand more towards boosting interest and career choices of women in Science.
The continental student body in a statement issued on 11th February 2021 to observe the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, charged stakeholders to commit fully to addressing gender stereotypes against women in STEM circles.
Across the world, “women account for less than 30% of researchers in Science”: the statement said. It further added that: “UNESCO estimates that even in schools, just about 3% of all students enrolling for ICT programmes are girls, with only 5% enrolling in Natural Science, Mathematics and Statistics”.
152 million children are subjected to child labour. Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has brought together former child workers, international organisations, global youth, business and education leaders for a global campaign to save them
Selimatha Salifu, a former child labourer from Ghana, is now a teacher working with children and encouraging them to continue their education. Salifu is one of two former child activists who addressed United Nations officials, business, faith, union, education and youth leaders from around the world at the virtual launch of the ‘Fair Share to End Child Labour’ campaign on Jan. 21.
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 22 2021 (IPS) - Selimatha Salifu of Ghana is a former child labourer who has vowed to do her part to bring attention to the plight of the world’s over 150 million child labourers. Raised in a fishing community, she recalls her days buying fish to sell, working from daybreak till nightfall to contribute to her family. She credits the Genera
Campaigners of Child’s right are devastated over the increasing number of all forms of child labour across the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that about 66 million children will fall into extreme poverty as a result of the economic crisis posed by the pandemic, adding to the already existing 386 million already living in extreme poverty.
Speaking at virtual campaign launch to mark the United Nation’s (UN) year for the elimination of child labour, themed, “Fair Share to end child labour” organized by Kailash Satyarhi Children’s Foundation, Dr. Tedros Adhanom indicated that WHO is poised to prioritize the health needs of individuals during and after the pandemic and also ensure that children have their fair share of resources to make life bearable.
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