Educate, Equip and Empower 230 Girls and Women

EDUCATE, EQUIP AND EMPOWER 230 WOMEN AND GIRLS

The Educate, Equip & Empower (EEE) project is designed to tackle poverty, retention, enrollment and completion of girl child education, enable networking and mentoring between female students and women professionals around the world and provide access to opportunities for women and girls in Nigeria.

June 2022 – August 2022 Update

Over the past quarter, EWEI Online has conducted a number of activities within the online community to promote horizontal learning, exchange and mentorship.

In June 2022, we facilitated discussions on the Rights of the Child, featuring the following sub-themes:

• Child Rights: This included conceptualising child rights, analysing the UN Conventions on the Rights of the Child, examining child rights in Nigeria and Kaduna State.
• Child Labour and Child Abuse: Here, we conceptualised child abuse, looked at the various types of abuse, explored child labour as the most visible type of abuse, discussed child sexual exploitation and evaluated child protection laws, as well as the #KeepYourHandstoYourself Campaign.
• Children in Conflict: This incorporated conceptualising children in conflict, analysing children's experiences in conflict zones, assessing child rights in conflict and examining ways to protect children, particularly girls, in conflict.
• Raising Exceptional Children: Discussions here centred around the core values that children should be taught. 

In July 2022, we engaged in interactive discussions on Family Planning. The topics covered explicitly were:

• Preparation for Facebook Live: Surveying pro-life and pro-choice individuals on Facebook and developing a campaign for a Facebook Live, as well as setting up the Facebook Live.
• Facebook Live and Conceptualising Family Planning: Holding a Facebook Live with the topic of "Abortion: Prochoice and Prolife", along with conceptualising family planning, discussing the theme of World Population Day, and how it links to family planning, as well as sharing fun facts.
• Importance of Family Planning: Narrating stories and providing illustrative importance of family planning and sharing fun facts.
• Methods of Family Planning: Examining each of the family planning methods and their effects. 

In August 2022, we Celebrated Women who made their Mark Across Generations:

• 1960s and 70s
• 1980S and 90s
• 2000s and 2010s
• 2020s (Present)

CHALLENGES

One of the most significant challenges we are facing is a lack of enthusiasm from members to engage on the page, which has led to us falling short of our desired target of 300 memberships. We are determined to raiseawareness and spur more interest in order to bridge the gap and reach our target.

MITIGATION

In an effort to increase engagement and membership, we continued to share educational resources and funding opportunities with EWEI Online members, and sought to diversify our content by including videos, articles, images and puzzle games to foster interactivity. We also shared the link to the page repeatedly on EWEI's social media accounts for publicity and sent out invitations to join the membership.

NEXT STEPS

Going forward, we will maintain and even expand our cross-posting strategy to increase our reach. In order to do so, we will regularly post information about EWEI Online on all of EWEI's social media platforms, with the goal of encouraging more ladies to join the page and engaging the members already present.

We will also host our monthly E-Chat video chat, publicise our events on EWEI Online, and organise facebook live events. This will enable us to discuss topics, educate, and have fun with the members and get their opinions on topics and content they are interested in engaging with. By doing this, we can further increase the reach of our platform and engage with a broader audience.

• EWEIGG_EEE_June_2022_August_2022_Report.pdf (PDF)