UN advocates more sensitisation on gender-related issues
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Gender
By Martha Agas
Jos, Nov. 10, 2016 (NAN) The United Nations Media Network says it is intensifying sensitisation efforts
toward raising public awareness on gender-equality and the need for more women participation in
peace building processes.
Miss Oluwatosin Akingbulu, the UN Communications Consultant on Women Equality, told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Jos on Thursday that the sensitisation would focus on gender-related
provisions of the United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR)1325.
“UNSCR 1325 addresses not only the inordinate impact of war on women, but also the pivotal role women
should, and do play in conflict management, conflict resolution, and sustainable peace,” she explained.
The official said that the world body had since kicked off such sensitisation efforts in Adamawa,
Gombe, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in its efforts to encourage those authority
to engage more women in peace and security structures.
He said that the network had intensified its campaigns via periodic publication of women-related news
in newspapers, radio programmes and news features.
She said that the network had also embarked on advocacy visits to key stakeholders, at the states and national
levels, on peace and security issues and had selected six zonal coordinators for Plateau, Adamawa,
Gombe, Bauchi, Borno and the FCT to constantly assess women’s involvements.
NAN reports that the UN recently organised a capacity building for northern women journalists to enlighten
them on gender-sensitive reporting, strategic advocacy and the role of the media in promoting the
engagement of more women to participate in peace and security building processes. (NAN)
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Edited by Martha Agas and Ephraims Sheyin.