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International Girl Child Day Celebration Activity 2021 Theme " Digital World. Our generation"

October 18, 2021

Today 18th Oct.2021, Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) was at St. David Anglican Primary school Okesuna Lagos. To sensitise the pupils of primary 4 to 6 on the reason girls need to learn digital skills to transform their lives, for personal development, for learning, to stay informed and safe and earning a living.

See included in the gallery pictures from today's activity for International Day Girl Child Day 2021. Theme " Digital World. Our generation"

Child Protection Week 2021

November 6, 2021
Women Consortium Nigeria (WOCON), A Member Organization with Child Protection Network (CPN) Lagos @childprotectionnetworklagos joins other members to celebrate Child Protection Week 2021. 
 
World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children's Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.
 

Nandini Singh is now our United Nations Liaison Officer/ International Youth Advocate & Volunteer for WOCON

November 22, 2021

    

Graduating in June 2022, Nandini is an amazing senior high school student with a plethora of academic accolades

She holds a deep passion for economics, politics and human rights and her drive is reflected in her leadership within different activities. Nandini is an FXB Climate Advocate and an economic research assistant, researching the monopolization of the healthcare industry during the pandemic.

2023 Children's Day Celebration By WOCON - Empowerment Self Defence (ESD) for Children

May 27, 2023
To mark this year's CHILDREN'S DAY,  WOCON took its awareness raising against child abuse and violence against girls to St. David's Anglican Church,  Lafiaji, Lagos State, where Primary 6 pupils were taken through Empowerment Self Defence (ESD)
 
ESD is all about how to respond to unpleasant and life-threatening attacks.
It is one of WOCON's unique way of violence reduction among women and girls

Awareness Raising Programme: "Risks of Human Trafficking & Irregular Migration to Europe"

May 2, 2023
WOCON collaborated with Nigeria Women Association Verona Italy and Denny Welfare Hub Lagos, to raise awareness on human trafficking and irregular migration by intercepting groups of parents of adolescents as a safeguarding action to prevent them from becoming victims of human Trafficking and Irregular migration.
 
The groups included male and female community elders, women groups including market women and  young women who are parents in 'Lafiaji' area of Lagos State.
 

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